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--> GENUS Mesoplodon
SPECIES Mesoplodon peruvianus
Author: | Reyes, Mead, and Van Waerebeek, 1991. | Citation: | Marine Mammal Sci., 7(1): 1, 6 figs. | Common Name: | Pygmy Beaked Whale | Type Locality: | "Playa Paraiso (11°12' S), Huacho, Lima, Peru." | Distribution: | E South Pacific, E North Pacific: cold-temperate to tropical waters. Known from the coast of Peru between Playa Paraiso (11°S) and San Juan de Marcona (15°S). Two specimens are known from near La Paz, Baja California, Mexico (Urban-Ramirez and Aurioles-Gamboa, 1992). | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | |
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