True’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) in Macaronesia

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Aguilar de Soto, Natacha, Martín, Vidal, Silva, Monica, Edler, Roland, Reyes, Cristel, Carrillo, Manuel, Schiavi, Agustina, Morales, Talia, García-Ovide, Belen, Sanchez-Mora, Anna, Garcia-Tavero, Nerea, Steiner, Lisa, Scheer, Michael, Gockel, Roland, Walker, Dylan, Villa, Enrico, Szlama, Petra, Eriksson, Ida K., Tejedor, Marisa, Perez-Gil, Monica, Quaresma, João, Bachara, Wojtek, Carroll, Emma
• Other Authors: European Commission, The Royal Society, University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Ziphiidae; Cytochrome b; mtDNA; Genetics; Colouration patterns; Phenotype; North Atlantic; Cetacean distribution; Canary Islands; Azores; GC Oceanography; QH301 Biology; QL Zoology; DAS; GC; QH301; QL; New Zealand; The Beak; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/10425; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3059

The True’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus, True 1913) is a poorly known member of the Ziphiidae family. Its distribution in the northern hemisphere is thought to be restricted to the temperate or warm temperate waters of the North Atlantic, while a few stranding records from the southern hemisphere...