Mesoplodon eueu

E. L. Carroll, McGowen, M. L. McCarthy, Marx, Aguilar, Dalebout, S. Dreyer, Gaggiotti, S. S. Hansen, van Helden, Onoufriou, R. W. Baird, C. S. Baker, Berrow, Cholewiak, Claridge, Constantine, N. J. Davison, Eira, Fordyce, Gatesy, Hofmeyr, Martín, Mead, Mignucci-Giannoni, Morin, C. Reyes, Rogan, Rosso, M. A. Silva, Springer, Steel, & M. T. Olsen, 2021

Ramari'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

Authority citation

Carroll, E.L., McGowen, M.R., McCarthy, M.L., Marx, F.G., Aguilar, N., Dalebout, M.L., Dreyer, S., Gaggiotti, O.E., Hansen, S.S., van Helden, A., Onoufriou, A.B., Baird, R.W., Baker, C.S., Berrow, S., Cholewiak, D., Claridge, D., Constantine, R., Davison, N.J., Eira, C., Fordyce, R.E., Gatesy, J., Hofmeyr, G.J.G., Martín, V., Mead, J.G., Mignucci-Giannoni, A.A., Morin, P.A., Reyes, C., Rogan, E., Rosso, M., Silva, M.A., Springer, M.S., Steel, D. and Olsen, M.T. 2021-10-27. Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale _Mesoplodon eueu_. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288(1961):20211213.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1213

Original name as described

Mesoplodon eueu

Type material

NMNZ MM003000

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Waiatoto Spit, South Westland, Aotearoa New Zealand."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

South Africa · Australia · New Zealand · Argentina?

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Carroll, E. L., McGowen, M. R., McCarthy, M. L., Marx, F. G., Aguilar, N., Dalebout, M. L., Dreyer, S., Gaggiotti, O. E., Hansen, S. S., van Helden, A., Onoufriou, A. B., Baird, R. W., Baker, C. S., Berrow, S., Cholewiak, D., Claridge, D., Constantine, R., Davison, N. J., Eira, C., Fordyce, R. E., Gatesy, J., Hofmeyr, G. J. G., Martín, V., Mead, J. G., Mignucci-Giannoni, A. A., Morin, P. A., Reyes, C., Rogan, E., Rosso, M., Silva, M. A., Spinger, M. S., Steel, D., & Olsen, M. T. (2021). Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon eueu. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1961), 20211213.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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