Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963

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 : 362

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7352970

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7155087

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scientific name

Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963
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Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 . Am. Midi. Nat., 70:396, figs. 1-3, 7, 8, 13-15.

TYPE LOCALITY: "La Jolla, California, 32° 51' 41" N. Lat., 117° 15' 19" W. Long." GoogleMaps

DISTRIBUTION: North Pacific: temperate waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c). Very closely related to bowdoini . Orr believed that this species was synonymous with M. stejnegeri (see Mead et al., 1982). Hubbs (1946) first identified the holotype of this species as M. bowdoini .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Ziphiidae

Genus

Mesoplodon

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