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SPECIES Mesoplodon hectori

Author:Gray, 1871.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 8: 116.
Common Name:Hector’s Beaked Whale
Type Locality:New Zealand, Wellington, "killed in Tatai [sic] Bay, Cook's Straits" (= Titai Bay).
Distribution:Southern hemisphere: temperate waters.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c). The North Pacific form was found to be a new species, Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout et al., 2002.
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    knoxi Hector, 1873

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