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Indopacetus pacificus
No full textIndopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926). Mem. Queensl. Mus., 8(3):269, pl. 43. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, "found at Mackay". DISTRIBUTION: Indian Ocean and W South Pacific: tropical waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c); known only from two skulls, the second from Somalia. Commonly included in Mesoplodon (Heyning, 1989a; J. G. Mead, 1989c).Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 362, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735297
Mesoplodon densirostris
No full textMesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817). Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 9:178. TYPE LOCALITY: None given, unknown. DISTRIBUTION: World-wide: temperate to tropical waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. SYNONYMS: seychellensis. COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c).Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 362, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735297
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True 1885
No full textMesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 8:584, pl. 25. TYPE LOCALITY: Russia, Commander Isis, "Bering Island". DISTRIBUTION: North Pacific: cold-temperate waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Loughlin and Perez (1985, Mammalian Species, 250) and J. G. Mead (1989c).Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 363, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735297
Mesoplodon layardii
No full textMesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865:357, fig. TYPE LOCALITY: None given, probably South Africa. DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere: temperate waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. SYNONYMS: floweri, guntheri, longirostris, thomsoni, traversa. COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c).Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 363, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735297
Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews 1908
No full textMesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 24:203, figs. 1-5, pl. 13. TYPE LOCALITY: "collected at New Brighton Beach, Canterbury Province, New Zealand ". DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere, South Pacific and Indian oceans, cold-temperate waters of Australia and New Zealand. The record from Kerguelen Isis (Robineau, 1973) is erroneus (J. G. Mead, 1989c). STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c). McCann (see Mead et al., 1982) felt that M. bowdoini was synonymous with M. stejnegeri.Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 362, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735297
Hyperoodon planifrons Flower 1882
No full textHyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882:392, figs. 1, 2. TYPE LOCALITY: "found upon the sea-beach of Lewis Island in the Dampier Archipelago, North-western Australia." DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere: circumpolar, antarctic to temperate waters, occasionally into tropical waters. May occur in the W North Pacific. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I. SYNONYMS: burmeisterei. COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989b). Moore (1968) erected the subgenus Frasercetus for this species.Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 361, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735297
Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast 1876
No full textMesoplodon grayi Von Haast, 1876. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876:9. TYPE LOCALITY: New Zealand, "the Chatham Islands... from specimens stranded... on the Waitangi beach of the main island of that group." DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere: cold-temperate waters; one specimen found in the Netherlands (Boschma, 1950:779). STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. SYNONYMS: australis, haasti. COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c).Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 363, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735297
Mesoplodon hectori
No full textMesoplodon 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). DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere, North Pacific: temperate waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. SYNONYMS: knoxi. COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c).Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 363, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735297
Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya 1958
No full textMesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. (Tokyo), 13:53, 13 figs., 17 pls. TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, "Oiso Beach, Sagami Bay, near Tokyo." DISTRIBUTION: North Pacific and Indian Oceans: warm-temperate to tropical waters; Japan, Taiwan, Baja California, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Australia. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. SYNONYMS: hotaula. COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c)Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 363, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735297
Mesoplodon mirus True 1913
No full textMesoplodon mirus True, 1913. Smithson. Mise. Coll., 60(25):1. TYPE LOCALITY: USA, "stranded in the outer bank of Bird Island Shoal in the harbor of Beaufort, North Carolina ". DISTRIBUTION: North Atlantic, South Atlantic coast of South Africa, Australia: temperate waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c).Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 363, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735297
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