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
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book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Mesoplodon bowdoini
Andrews 1908
Mesoplodon bowdoini
Andrews 1908
,
Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 24: 203
.
Type Locality:
"collected at New Brighton Beach,
Canterbury Province
,
New Zealand
".
Vernacular Names:
Andrew's Beaked Whale
.
Distribution:
Southern hemisphere, South Pacific and Indian oceans, cold-temperate waters of
Australia
and
New Zealand
. The record from Kerguelen Isls (
Robineau, 1973
) is erroneous and is the fossil rostrum commonly known as
Mesoplodon longirostris
(J. G.
Mead, 1989
c
)
.
Conservation:
CITES
– Appendix II;
IUCN
– Data Deficient.
Discussion:
Reviewed by J. G.
Mead (1989
c
)
. McCann (see
Mead et al., 1982
) felt that
M. bowdoini
was synonymous with
M. stejnegeri
.