HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Ziphiidae
--> GENUS Mesoplodon
SPECIES Mesoplodon perrini
Author: | Dalebout et al., 2002. | Citation: | Mar. Mam. Sci., 18(3): 577. | Common Name: | Perrin’s Beaked Whale | Type Locality: | U.S.A., Carlsbad, California. | Distribution: | Cold temperate waters, eastern North Pacific. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. | Comments: | Was first described as Mesoplodon hectori by Mead (1981), subsequently recognized as a new species by Dalebout et al. (2002). |
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