Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais 1855

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Cetacea; Ziphiidae; Mesoplodon; Mesoplodon europaeus; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11329899; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0E5720F98AD6EF7F32FD8C05691826EF

Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais 1855 Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais 1855, Hist. Nat. Mammiferes, Vol. 2: 320. Type Locality: English Channel, "qui provient d'un individu harponné dans la Manche.". Vernacular Names: Gervais' Beaked Whale. Synonyms: Mesoplodon gervaisi (Deslongchamps 1866). Distribution: Aside from the type, one specimen from Ireland, one specimen from Guinea-Bissau, and three records from Ascension Isl, it is only known from the Western North Atlantic: temperate to tropical waters. Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. Discussion: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989 c ) and Norman and Mead (2002, Mammalian Species, 688). The type was not harpooned, as stated by Gervais, but was found as a "cadavre" (Deslongschamps, 1866:177). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, pp. 723-743 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 741, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519