Mesoplodon bowdoini

R. C. Andrews, 1908

Andrews'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

Andrews, R.C. 1908-02-26. Description of a new species of Mesoplodon from Canterbury Province, New Zealand. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(13):203-215.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046000

Original name as described

Mesoplodon bowdoini

Other common names

Splaytooth Beaked Whale

Type material

AMNH M-35027

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-35027

Type locality

"collected at New Brighton Beach, Canterbury Province, New Zealand."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Argentina · Australia · Falkland Islands · New Zealand · Saint Helena · Uruguay

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006470

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 bowdoini

R. C. Andrews, 1908

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

bowdoini

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-35027

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-35027

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046000

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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 #13242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13242/50363892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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