Order Cetacea Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 723 743 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Mesoplodon hectori Gray 1871 Mesoplodon hectori Gray 1871 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 8: 116 . Type Locality: New Zealand , Wellington , "killed in Tatai [sic] Bay, Cook's Straits" (= Titai Bay). Vernacular Names: Hector's Beaked Whale . Synonyms: Mesoplodon knoxi Hector 1873 . Distribution: Southern hemisphere: temperate waters. Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. Discussion: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989 c ) . The North Pacific form was found to be a new species, Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout et al., 2002 .