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SPECIES Ziphius cavirostris

Author:G. Cuvier, 1823.
Citation:Rech. Oss. Foss., Nouv. ed., 5(1): 350.
Common Name:Cuvier’s Beaked Whale
Type Locality:France, "dans le département des Bouches-du-Rhône, entre de Fos et l'embouchure du Galégeon" (= between Fos and the mouth of the Galégeon River).
Distribution:Worldwide: cold-temperate to tropical waters.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:Reviewed by Heyning (1989b).
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Synonyms:

    australis (Burmeister, 1865)
    capensis (Gray, 1865)
    chathamensis (Hector, 1873)
    indicus Van Beneden, 1863
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