Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier 1823

• Main Authors: Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T., Koprowski, John L.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Cetacea; Hyperoodontidae; Ziphius; Ziphius cavirostris; Bering Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4572022; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A0BE3B648AFF3FFF4FFA8BFEAF51DC

Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823 —Cuvier’s Beaked Whale, goose-beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823 p.350; Type locality- France; Kim et al. , 2000 p.78; Kim, 2004 p.234. Z. grebnitzkii Stejneger, 1883 p.77; Type locality- Commander Islands, Bering Sea, Russia. Range: No official records verified strandings or by-catch of Cuvier’s beaked whales from the waters of Korea. However, molecular investigations confirmed that the meat of Z . cavirostris was sold at markets in Korea (Dalebout et al . 2005). Since a federal law in South Korea prohibits the import of whale meat from other countries or deep-sea fisheries, there is high probability that the meet of Z. cavirostris in markets was poached from Korean waters (Fig. 85). Remarks: Despite regional variation in morphology (Dalebout et al. 2005), Z . cavirostris is considered a monotypic species. Published as part of Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 4522 (1) on page 129, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2610198