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--> GENUS Mesoplodon
SPECIES Mesoplodon layardii
Author: | Gray, 1865. | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865: 357, fig. | Common Name: | Strap-toothed Whale | Type Locality: | None given, probably South Africa. | Distribution: | Southern hemisphere: temperate waters. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | Comments: | Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c). Mesoplodon traversii, a former synonym of M. layardii, was recently recognized as a valid species (Helden et al., 2002). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
floweri Haast, 1876 guntheri Krefft, 1871 longirostris Gray, 1873 thomsoni Ogilby, 1896
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