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--> ORDER CETACEA
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--> FAMILY Ziphiidae
--> GENUS Ziphius
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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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
australis (Burmeister, 1865) capensis (Gray, 1865) chathamensis (Hector, 1873) indicus Van Beneden, 1863
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