Mesoplodon hectori

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Hector'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

Gray, J.E. 1871-08-01. Notes on the Berardius of New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)8(44):115-117.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27081398

Original name as described

Berardius Hectori

Other common names

Skew-beaked Whale

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1876.2.16.3 (= BMNH:Mamm:1677b)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/311c6681-644c-408d-a3d2-8d24a342132f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/76c1c14a-4c13-4326-b6e9-5f4e667e625f

Type locality

New Zealand, Wellington, "killed in Tatai [sic] Bay [= Titai Bay], Cook's Straits."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Argentina · Australia · Brazil · Chile · Falkland Islands · New Zealand · South Africa · Uruguay

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006476

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.

Berardius Hectori

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

hectori

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.2.16.3 (= BMNH:Mamm:1677b)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/311c6681-644c-408d-a3d2-8d24a342132f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/76c1c14a-4c13-4326-b6e9-5f4e667e625f

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27081398

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gray (1873:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67205)
  2. Gray (1874:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34882222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67283)

Mesoplodon knoxi

Hector, 1873

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

knoxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.2.16.3 (= BMNH:Mamm:1677b)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/311c6681-644c-408d-a3d2-8d24a342132f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/76c1c14a-4c13-4326-b6e9-5f4e667e625f

Authority page

166, 167

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33597945 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33597948

Authority publication

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

Name usages

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

Mesoplodon hectori

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

hectori

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 (1982:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13248/50366525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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