Mesoplodon europaeus

Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855). Hist. Nat. Mammifères, 2:320. TYPE LOCALITY: English Channel, "qui provient d'un individu harponné dans la Manche." DISTRIBUTION: Aside from the type, one specimen from Ireland, one specimen from Guinea-Bissau, and three records from Ascension Isl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: James G. Mead, Robert L. Brownell, Jr.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon
Mesoplodon europaeus
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7155091
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7155091
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Summary:Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855). Hist. Nat. Mammifères, 2:320. TYPE LOCALITY: English Channel, "qui provient d'un individu harponné dans la Manche." 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 W North Atlantic: temperate to tropical waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. SYNONYMS: gervaisi. COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c). The type was not harpooned, as stated by Gervais, but was found as a "cadavre" (Deslongschamps, 1866:177). 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 pages 362-363, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7352970

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