Indopacetus pacificus

(H. A. Longman, 1926)

Longman's Beaked Whale

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Cetacea
Parvorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Ziphioidea
Family : Ziphiidae
Genus : Indopacetus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Longman, H.A. 1926. New records of Cetacea, with a list of Queensland species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8:266-278.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47103790 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47103792

Original name as described

Mesoplodon pacificus

Other common names

Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale · Tropical Bottlenose Whale

Type material

QM J2106

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/VE110339/indopacetus-pacificus

Type locality

Australia, Queensland, "found at Mackay."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Australia · Comoros · Japan · Kenya · Malaysia · Maldives · Mayotte · Mexico · New Caledonia · Philippines · Saudi Arabia · Somalia · South Africa · Sri Lanka · Taiwan · United States · China? · India? · Indonesia? · Madagascar? · Mozambique? · Pakistan? · Tanzania? · Thailand? · Vietnam?

Subregion distribution

USA(HI,CA?)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006468

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mesoplodon pacificus

(H. A. Longman, 1926)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

pacificus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QM J2106

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/VE110339/indopacetus-pacificus

Authority page

269, pl. 43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47103790 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47103792

Authority publication

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Indopacetus pacificus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

pacificus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

300

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40635/50380449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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