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--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Ziphiidae
--> GENUS Mesoplodon
SPECIES Mesoplodon mirus
Author: | True, 1913. | Citation: | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 60(25): 1. | Common Name: | True’s Beaked Whale | Type Locality: | USA, "stranded in the outer bank of Bird Island Shoal in the harbor of Beaufort, North Carolina". | Distribution: | North Atlantic, South Atlantic coast of South Africa, Australia: temperate waters. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | Comments: | Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c). |
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