Mesoplodon densirostris

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

Blainville'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

Desmarest, A.G. 1817. DAUPHIN, Delphinus. Pp. 146–179 in Anonymous. (eds.). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. Nouvelle Édition. Tome IX. Deterville, Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, 624 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18037871

Original name as described

Delphinus densirostris

Other common names

Cow-fish · Dense-beaked Whale · Tropical Beaked Whale

Type material

MNHN-ZM-AC-A3552

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

type locality unknown.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Angola · Australia · Bahamas · Belize · Brazil · Cape Verde · Cameroon · Canada · Cayman Islands · Chile · China · Cocos Islands · Colombia · Comoros · Costa Rica · Ecuador · Fiji · Guam · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · India · Indonesia · Japan · Kenya · Kiribati · Madagascar · Malaysia · Marshall Islands · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mayotte · Micronesia · Morocco · Mozambique · Myanmar · Namibia · Nauru · New Caledonia · New Zealand · Nicaragua · Nigeria · Northern Marianas · Oman · Pakistan · Palau · Panama · Papua New Guinea · Peru · Philippines · Portugal · Azores · Réunion · Saint Helena · São Tomé and Príncipe · Seychelles · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Africa · Spain · Sri Lanka · Taiwan · Tanzania · Tokelau · Tonga · United Kingdom · United States · Uruguay · Vanuatu · Venezuela · Vietnam · Wallis and Futuna · Yemen · Ascension · Anguilla? · Antigua and Barbuda? · Argentina? · Aruba? · Bangladesh? · Barbados? · Benin? · Bermuda? · Bonaire? · Sint Eustatius? · Saba? · Brunei? · Cambodia? · Republic of the Congo? · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Cook Islands? · Cuba? · Curaçao? · Cote d'Ivoire? · Djibouti? · Dominica? · Dominican Republic? · El Salvador? · Equatorial Guinea? · Eritrea? · France? · French Guiana? · French Polynesia? · Gabon? · Gambia? · Ghana? · Grenada? · Guadeloupe · Guinea? · Guinea-Bissau? · Haiti? · Iran? · Ireland? · Jamaica? · Liberia? · Maldives? · Mexico? · Montserrat? · Niue? · Saint Kitts and Nevis? · Saint Lucia? · Sint Maarten? · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines? · Samoa? · Senegal? · Sierra Leone? · Singapore? · Suriname? · Thailand? · East Timor? · Trinidad and Tobago? · Turks and Caicos Islands? · Tuvalu? · British Virgin Islands? · United States Virgin Islands?

Subregion distribution

USA(HI,NJ?,VA?,NC?,FL?)

Distribution notes

Found in deeper water in Gulf of Mexico, but very rare strandings

Distribution references

Bonde, R.K. and T.J. O’Shea. 1989. Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Mammal. 70:447–449.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006472

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Ziphius Sechellensis

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

sechellensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-A3551

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957459

Authority publication

London

Delphinus densirostris

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

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

densirostris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-A3552

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18037871

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Mesoplodon densirostris

J. L. Davies, 1963

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

densirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority publication

Evolution

Name usages

  1. Davies (1963:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42155)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:300, 301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13244/50364253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

seychellensis

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

seychellensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

741

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005:741) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

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