Tasmacetus shepherdi

W. R. B. Oliver, 1937

Shepherd'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 : Tasmacetus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Oliver, W.R.B. 1937-09. _Tasmacetus shepherdi_: a new genus and species of beaked whale from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (B)107(3):371-382.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1937.tb00015.x

Original name as described

Tasmacetus shepherdi

Other common names

Tasman Beaked Whale · Tasman Whale · Tasmanian Beaked Whale

Type material

WRM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

New Zealand, North Island, "cast upon the beach at Ohawe, in the province of Taranaki."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Argentina · Australia · Chile · New Zealand · Saint Helena · South Africa · Uruguay?

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006484

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.

Tasmacetus shepherdi

W. R. B. Oliver, 1937

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

shepherdi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WRM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

373

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:301, 302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21500/50377701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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