Mesoplodon layardii

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Strap-toothed 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. 1865-10. Notes on the whales of the Cape; by E. L. Layard, Esq., of Cape-Town, corr. memb. with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865(2):357-359.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497307

Original name as described

Ziphius layardii

Other common names

Layard's Beaked Whale · Strap-toothed Beaked Whale

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1869.4.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/02246edf-7443-404a-9331-9688d9d55683 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/88e99329-ae79-4ed2-8415-f8fdd286e37d

Type locality

type locality not given, probably South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Argentina · Australia · Brazil · Chile · Falkland Islands · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · New Zealand · South Africa · Uruguay · Antarctica?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006478

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 Güntheri

Krefft, 1871

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

guentheri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM PA.358 (= AM PA.363), AM PA.358.001, AM PA.358.002, AM PA.359, AM PA.363, AM PA.364

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

368

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25119476

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mesoplodon longirostris

J. E. Gray, 1873

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

longirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM PA.358 (= AM PA.363), AM PA.358.001, AM PA.358.002, AM PA.359, AM PA.363, AM PA.364

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25120926

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mesoplodon thomsoni

Krefft, 1873

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

thomsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type

AM PA.358 (= AM PA.363), AM PA.358.001, AM PA.358.002, AM PA.359, AM PA.363, AM PA.364

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Sydney

Ziphius layardii

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

layardii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1869.4.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/02246edf-7443-404a-9331-9688d9d55683 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/88e99329-ae79-4ed2-8415-f8fdd286e37d

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497307

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Mesoplodon floweri

von Haast, 1876

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

floweri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMNZ MM001379

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

478

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099695

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Dolichodon layardi

(J. E. Gray, 1874)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

layardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34882222

Authority publication

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

Name usages

Gray (1874:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34882222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67283)

Mesoplodon layardii

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

layardii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

301

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13249/50366790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

guntheri

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

guntheri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

742

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005:742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Mesoplodon floweri

von Haast, 1876

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

floweri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28540879

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Mesoplodon layardi

W. H. Flower, 1878

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

layardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

684

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518642

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Mesoplodon thomsoni

J. D. Ogilby, 1892

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

thomsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

71

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

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