Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier 1823

Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier 1823, Rech. Oss. Foss., Nouv. ed., Vol. 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).

Vernacular Names: Cuvier's Beaked Whale.

Synonyms: Ziphius australis (Burmeister 1865); Ziphius capensis (Gray 1865); Ziphius chathamensis (Hector 1873); Ziphius indicus Van Beneden 1863 .

Distribution: Worldwide: cold-temperate to tropical waters.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Reviewed by Heyning (1989 b).