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--> FAMILY Ziphiidae
--> GENUS Tasmacetus
SPECIES Tasmacetus shepherdi
| Author: | Oliver, 1937. | | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 107: 371, pls. 1-5. | | Common Name: | Shepherd’s Beaked Whale | | Type Locality: | New Zealand, North Isl, "cast upon the beach at Ohawe, in the province of Taranaki." | | Distribution: | Southern hemisphere: cold-temperate waters, particularly off New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and Tristan de Cunha. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | | Comments: | Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989a). |
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