Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937

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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Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937
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Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 107:371, pls. 1-5.

TYPE LOCALITY: New Zealand, North Island, "cast upon the beach at Ohawe, in the province of Taranaki."

DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere: cold-temperate waters, particularly off New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and Tristan de Cunha.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Ziphiidae

Genus

Tasmacetus

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