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 carlhubbsi Moore 1963 Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore 1963 , Am. Midl. Nat., 70: 396 . Type Locality: "La Jolla, California , 32° 51' 41" N . Lat., 117° 15' 19" W . Long." . Vernacular Names: Hubbs' Beaked Whale . Distribution: North Pacific: temperate waters. Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. Discussion: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989 c ) . Very closely related to bowdoini . Orr believed that this species was synonymous with M. stejnegeri (see Mead et al., 1982 ). Hubbs (1946) first identified the holotype of this species as M. bowdoini .