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SPECIES Mesoplodon stejnegeri

Author:True, 1885.
Citation:Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 8: 584, pl. 25.
Common Name:Stejneger’s Beaked Whale
Type Locality:Russia, Commander Isls, "Bering Island".
Distribution:North Pacific: cold-temperate waters; isolated population in the Sea of Japan.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:Reviewed by Loughlin and Perez (1985, Mammalian Species, 250) and J. G. Mead (1989c).
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