Life Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae

• Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) Atlantic Pohjoisatlantinnokkavalas

  • Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804; Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 7: 310; TL: Brodie House, Coast of Elginshire, Scotland
  • Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804; The British miscellany: 1; TL: Coast of Elginshire, Scotland
  • Delphinus sowerbiensis Blainville

  • Mesoplodon bidens; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908 Temperate waters of Australia and New Zealand

  • Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908; Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 24: 203; TL: New Brighton Beach, Canterbury Province, New Zealand

  • Mesoplodon bowdoini; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 Temperate waters of North Pacific

  • Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963; Am. Midl. Nat., 70: 422; TL: California, La Jolla

  • Mesoplodon carlhubbsi; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817) Temperate and tropical waters

  • Delphinus densirostris Blainville, 1817; Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., 9: 178; TL: unknown

  • Mesoplodon densirostris; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) Temperate and tropical waters of North Atlantic

  • europaeus (Gervais, 1855); Hist. Nat. Mamm., 2: 320; TL: "English Channel"
  • ?Diplodon europaeus Gervais, 1848-52; Zoologie et Paléontolgie Françaises ... (ed. 1): 4; TL: English Channel

  • Mesoplodon europaeus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958 Tropical to warm waters temperate waters of the North Pacific and Indian Ocans off Japan

  • Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958; Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. (Tokyo), 13: 77; TL: Japan, Kangawa, Oiso Beach
  • hotaula

  • Mesoplodon ginkgodens; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Mesoplodon hotaula; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast, 1876 Temperate southern oceans, cold temperate waters

  • Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast, 1876; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876: 9; TL: New Zealand, Chatham Is., Waitangi Beach

  • Mesoplodon grayi; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871) Southern Hemisphere, temperate waters, northern Pacific

  • Berardius hectori Gray, 1871; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 8: 117; TL: New Zealand, Wellington, Titai Bay

  • Mesoplodon hectori; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) Southern hemisphere, temperate waters Strap-toothed Whale Layard's Whale

  • layardii (Gray, 1865); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865: 358; TL: South Africa?

  • Mesoplodon layardii; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913 North Atlantic, temperate waters, South Atlantic coast of South Africa True's Beaked Whale

  • Mesoplodon mirum True, 1913; Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 60 (25): 1; TL: Beaufort Harbor, Cartered Co., North Carolina

  • Mesoplodon mirus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885 North Pacific, cold temperate to subarctic waters Stejneger's Beaked Whale

  • Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 8: 585; TL: Bering Island, Commander Isalnds, Bering Sea

  • Mesoplodon stejnegeri; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

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