Mesoplodon mirus

F. W. True, 1913

True'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

True, F.W. 1913-03-14. Diagnosis of a new beaked whale of the genus Mesoplodon from the coast of North Carolina. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 60(25):1-3.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910771

Original name as described

Mesoplodon mirum

Type material

USNM:MAMM:175019

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f39ec33a-8f0a-47a3-a1a0-7602bae142a2

Type locality

USA, "stranded in the outer bank of Bird Island Shoal in the harbor of Beaufort, North Carolina."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Australia · Bahamas · Bermuda · Brazil · Canada · France · Ireland · Madagascar · Morocco · Mozambique · Portugal · Azores · South Africa · Spain · Canary Islands · United Kingdom · United States · Argentina? · Cape Verde? · Uruguay?

Subregion distribution

USA(ME,NH,CT,RI,MA,NY,NJ,DE,MD,DC,VA,NC,SC,GA,FL)

Distribution notes

Range primarily known from stranding data

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006479

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 mirum

F. W. True, 1913

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

mirus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:175019

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f39ec33a-8f0a-47a3-a1a0-7602bae142a2

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910771

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Mesoplodon mirus

Harmer, 1919

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

mirus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

mandatory_change

Authority page

18

Authority publication

book

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 (1982:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13250/210428691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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