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.x

Original 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-47e3-8970-3637e835548a

Type locality

USA, Carlsbad, California.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

United States · Mexico?

Subregion distribution

USA(CA?)

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006480

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 perrini

Dalebout, Mead, C. S. Baker, A. N. Baker, & Van Helden, 2002

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

perrini

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:504853

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32c9268e0-d20f-47e3-8970-3637e835548a

Authority page

583

Authority publication

Marine Mammal Science

Name usages

  1. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  3. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41759/50383813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.