Mesoplodon ginkgodens

M. Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958

Ginkgo-toothed 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

Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. (Tokyo), vol. 13, 53, 13 figs., 17 pls

Original name as described

Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Other common names

Japanese Beaked Whale

Type material

NSMT 08744

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Japan, "Oiso Beach, Sagami Bay, near Tokyo."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

American Samoa · Australia · Chile · China · Colombia · Cook Islands · Ecuador · Galápagos Islands · Fiji · French Polynesia · India · Indonesia · Japan · Kenya · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Mexico · Micronesia · Nauru · New Caledonia · New Zealand · Niue · Northern Marianas · Palau · Papua New Guinea · Peru · Philippines · Pitcairn · Samoa · Sri Lanka · Taiwan · Tanzania · Tokelau · Tonga · Tuvalu · United States · Vanuatu · Wallis and Futuna · Bangladesh? · Brunei? · Cambodia? · Costa Rica? · El Salvador? · Guam? · Guatemala? · Honduras? · North Korea? · South Korea? · Malaysia? · Myanmar? · Nicaragua? · Panama? · Singapore? · Thailand? · East Timor? · Vietnam?

Subregion distribution

USA(CA,HI)

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. hotaula

Taxonomy notes citation

Dalebout, M. L., Scott Baker, C., Steel, D., Thompson, K., Robertson, K. M., Chivers, S. J., ... & Potter, C. W. (2014). Resurrection of Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala 1963: A new species of beaked whale in the tropical Indo-Pacific. Marine Mammal Science, 30(3), 1081-1108.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006474

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 ginkgodens

M. Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

ginkgodens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT 08744

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

77

Authority publication

Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute, Tokyo

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/127827012/127827154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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