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Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead & Van Waerebeek, 1991

231409  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231409)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Reyes, J. C., J. G. Mead and K. Van Waerebeek. (1991). A new species of beaked whale <i>Mesoplodon peruvianus</i> sp. n. (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) from Perus. Marine Mammal Science 7:1--24. [details]   
Note Playa Paraíso (11 degrees 12 minutes S...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Playa Paraíso (11 degrees 12 minutes S latitude), Huacho, Lima, Peru [details]
Distribution A species of the eastern Pacific, but one record from New Zealand.  
Distribution A species of the eastern Pacific, but one record from New Zealand. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead & Van Waerebeek, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231409 on 2024-05-01
Date
action
by
2006-05-17 09:54:26Z
created
2007-12-24 20:10:49Z
changed
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z
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original description Reyes, J. C., J. G. Mead and K. Van Waerebeek. (1991). A new species of beaked whale <i>Mesoplodon peruvianus</i> sp. n. (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) from Perus. Marine Mammal Science 7:1--24. [details]   

basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]   

additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]   

additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]   

additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]   

additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Distribution A species of the eastern Pacific, but one record from New Zealand. [details]

Holotype Skukll and postcranial skeleton of a physically mature male in Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado" in Lima, Peru; no. MHNJP 1146. [details]

IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]

Type locality Playa Paraíso (11 degrees 12 minutes S latitude), Huacho, Lima, Peru [details]

From other sources
Habitat tropical to warm temperate [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Chinese 小 喙 鯨  [details]
Dutch Peruaanse spitssnuitdolfijnkleine spitssnuitdolfijnHumboldt spitssnuitdolfijn  [details]
English pygmy beaked whalePeruvian beaked whalelesser beaked whalebandolero beaked whale  [details]
French petit mésoplodonmésoplodon pygméemésoplodon péruvienbaleine-à-bec péruviennebaleine à bec pygmée  [details]
German Kleiner Schnabelwal  [details]
German Peruanischer Schnabelwal  [details]
Italian mesoplodonte peruviano  [details]
Japanese 「ペルーオウギハクジラ」  [details]
Portuguese baleia-de-bico-peruanabaleia-bicuda-peruanabaleia-bicuda-pequena  [details]
Russian перуанский ремнезубмалый ремнезуб  [details]
Spanish zifio peruanozifio menorballena picuda pigmea  [details]
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