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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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