Mesoplodon stejnegeri

F. W. True, 1885

Stejneger'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. 1885-11-21. Contributions to the history of the Commander Islands. No. 5.—Description of a new species of Mesoplodon, _M. stejnegeri_, obtained by Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, in Bering Island. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 8:584-585.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15383525

Original name as described

Mesoplodon Stejnegeri

Other common names

Bering Sea Beaked Whale · Saber-toothed Beaked Whale

Type material

USNM:MAMM:A21112

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c92f6af1-d452-4233-8632-d724013c64e4

Type locality

Russia, Commander Islands, "Bering Island."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Canada · Japan · Russia · United States · North Korea? · South Korea?

Subregion distribution

USA(AK,WA,CA,OR?)

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006482

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 Stejnegeri

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

stejnegeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A21112

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c92f6af1-d452-4233-8632-d724013c64e4

Authority page

585

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15383525

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Davies (1963:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42155)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  6. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13252/50367496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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