Order Cetacea Author James G. Mead Author Robert L. Brownell, Jr. text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 349 364 book chapter 193271 10.5281/zenodo.7352970 b3335890-cc2a-4092-9ace-81c1cd7b5cad 1-56098-217-9 7352970 Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) . Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 7:310 . TYPE LOCALITY: UK , Scotland , "stranded on the estate of James Brodie, Esq. F. L. S., in the county of Elgin." DISTRIBUTION: North Atlantic and Baltic Sea: temperate waters. Occurence in the Mediterranean Sea was discussed by van Bree (1975), who considered the evidence unconvincing; however, Casinos and Filella (1981) supported a report from the Italian coast (Brunelli and Fasella, 1929). There is one report from the Gulf of Mexico (Bonde and O'Shea, 1989) that is also considered a stray. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. SYNONYMS: dalei , micropterus , sowerbyensis, sowerbyi. COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c).