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.

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 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

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