Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823

James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 349-364 : 364

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Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823 . Rech. Oss. Foss., Nouv. ed., 5(1):350.

TYPE LOCALITY: France, "dans le département des Bouches-du-Rhône, entre de Fos et l'embouchure du Galégeon" (= between Fos and the mouth of the Galégeon River) .

DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: cold-temperate to tropical waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: australis , capensis , chathamensis, indicus .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Heyning (1989b).