Mesoplodon bidens

(Sowerby, 1804)

Sowerby'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 : Mesoplodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., vol. 7, 310

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12902433

Original name as described

Physeter bidens

Other common names

North Atlantic Beaked Whale · North Sea Beaked Whale

Type material

OUM ZC.06998

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

UK, Scotland, "stranded on the estate of James Brodie, Esq. F. L. S., in the county of Elgin."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Belgium · Canada · Denmark · France · Germany · Iceland · Netherlands · Norway · Portugal · Spain · Sweden · United Kingdom · United States · Greece? · Greenland? · Italy? · Morocco?

Subregion distribution

USA(ME,NH,MA)

Distribution references

Macleod, C. D., Perrin, W. F., Pitman, R. L., Barlow, J., Balance, L., D'amico, A., Gerrodette, T., Joyce, G., Mullin, K. D., Palka, D. L. and Waring, G. T. 2006. Known and inferred distributions of beaked whale species (Ziphiidae: Cetacea). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 7(3): 271-286. Mead, J. G. 1989. Beaked whales of the genus Mesoplodon. In: S. H. Ridgway and R. Harrison (eds), Handbook of marine mammals, Vol. 4: River dolphins and the larger toothed whales, pp. 349-430. Academic Press.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006469

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.

Delphinus micropterus

(G. Cuvier, 1829)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

micropterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374130

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Physeter bidens

(Sowerby, 1804)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

bidens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

OUM ZC.06998

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

310

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12902433

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Delphinus Sowerbensis

(de Blainville in A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

sowerbensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

OUM ZC.06998

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18037870

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Diodon Sowerbaei

(Bell, 1837)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

sowerbaei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

OUM ZC.06998

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

497

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57250740

Authority publication

London

Heterodon Sowerbyi

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

sowerbyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

419

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207886

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:419, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Delphinorhyncus micropterus

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

micropterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518529

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Mesoplodon Sowerbiensis

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

sowerbiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

590

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306384

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:590, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Mesoplodon bidens

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

bidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

112

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13241/50363686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

delphinus Sowerbyi

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

sowerbyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

521

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521965

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Aodon dalei

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

dalei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 3

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Diodon Sowerbi

(R. Hamilton, 1837)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

sowerbi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57246721

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Ziphius Sowerbiensis

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

sowerbiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957458

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Delphinus Sowerbyensis

(Eschricht, 1852)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

sowerbyensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

290

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22158464

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Delphinus micropteron

(Tomilin, 1957)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

micropteron

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

477

Authority publication

Jerusalem

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