Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)

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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scientific name	Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
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Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) . Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 7:310.

TYPE LOCALITY: UK, Scotland, "stranded on the estate of James Brodie, Esq. F. L. S., in the county of Elgin."

DISTRIBUTION: North Atlantic and Baltic Sea: temperate waters. Occurence in the Mediterranean Sea was discussed by van Bree (1975), who considered the evidence unconvincing; however, Casinos and Filella (1981) supported a report from the Italian coast (Brunelli and Fasella, 1929). There is one report from the Gulf of Mexico (Bonde and O'Shea, 1989) that is also considered a stray.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: dalei , micropterus , sowerbyensis, sowerbyi.

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