Mesoplodon perrini
Dalebout, Mead, C. S. Baker, A. N. Baker, & Van Helden, 2002
Perrin'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
Dalebout, M.L., Mead, J.G., Baker, C.S., Baker, A.N. and Helden, A.L. van. 2002-07. A new species of beaked whale _Mesoplodon perrini_ sp. n. (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) discovered through phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Mammal Science 18(3):577-608.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2002.tb01061.xOriginal name as described
Mesoplodon perrini
Other common names
California Beaked Whale
Type material
USNM:MAMM:504853
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32c9268e0-d20f-47e3-8970-3637e835548aType locality
USA, Carlsbad, California.
Biogeographic realm
Marine
Country distribution
United States · Mexico?
Subregion distribution
USA(CA?)
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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