Mesoplodon densirostris

(de Blainville in A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Blainville's Beaked Whale

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Cetacea
Infraorder: Odontoceti
Superfamily: Ziphioidea
Family: Ziphiidae
Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
Genus: Mesoplodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Desmarest, A.G. 1817. DAUPHIN, Delphinus. Pp. 146–179 in Société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. (eds.). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. Nouvelle Édition. Tome IX. Deterville, Paris, 624 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18037871

Original name as described

Delphinus densirostris

Other common names

Cow-fish · Dense-beaked Whale · Tropical Beaked Whale

Type material

MNHN-ZM-AC-A3552

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

type locality unknown.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Angola · Ascension · Australia · Azores · Bahamas · Belize · Brazil · Cameroon · Canada · Cape Verde · Cayman Islands · Chile · China · Cocos Islands · Colombia · Comoros · Costa Rica · Ecuador · Fiji · Guadeloupe · Guam · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · India · Indonesia · Japan · Kenya · Kiribati · Madagascar · Malaysia · Marshall Islands · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mayotte · Micronesia · Morocco · Mozambique · Myanmar · Namibia · Nauru · New Caledonia · New Zealand · Nicaragua · Nigeria · Northern Marianas · Oman · Pakistan · Palau · Panama · Papua New Guinea · Peru · Philippines · Portugal · Réunion · Saint Helena · Seychelles · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Africa · Spain · Sri Lanka · São Tomé and Príncipe · Taiwan · Tanzania · Tokelau · Tonga · United Kingdom · United States · Uruguay · Vanuatu · Venezuela · Vietnam · Wallis and Futuna · Yemen · Anguilla? · Antigua and Barbuda? · Argentina? · Aruba? · Bangladesh? · Barbados? · Benin? · Bermuda? · Bonaire? · British Virgin Islands? · Brunei? · Cambodia? · Cook Islands? · Cote d'Ivoire? · Cuba? · Curaçao? · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Djibouti? · Dominica? · Dominican Republic? · East Timor? · El Salvador? · Equatorial Guinea? · Eritrea? · France? · French Guiana? · French Polynesia? · Gabon? · Gambia? · Ghana? · Grenada? · Guinea? · Guinea-Bissau? · Haiti? · Iran? · Ireland? · Jamaica? · Liberia? · Maldives? · Mexico? · Montserrat? · Niue? · Republic of the Congo? · Saba? · Saint Kitts and Nevis? · Saint Lucia? · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines? · Samoa? · Senegal? · Sierra Leone? · Singapore? · Sint Eustatius? · Sint Maarten? · Suriname? · Thailand? · Trinidad and Tobago? · Turks and Caicos Islands? · Tuvalu? · United States Virgin Islands?

Subregion distribution

USA(HI, FL?, NC?, NJ?, VA?)

Distribution notes

Found in deeper water in Gulf of Mexico, but very rare strandings

Distribution references

Bonde, R.K. and O'Shea, T.J. 1989. Sowerby's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bidens) in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 70(2):447-449. doi:10.2307/1381540

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006472

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow.Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Delphinus densirostris

de Blainville in A. G. Desmarest, 1817

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

densirostris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-A3552

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Earth.

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18037871

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Ziphius Sechellensis

J. E. Gray, 1847

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

sechellensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-A3551

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Sechelles

Type locality

Seychelles.

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957459

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Gray (1847:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57401)
Jackson & Groves (2015:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Mesodiodon densirostre:

Duvernoy, 1851

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

densirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58, 70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13432839 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13432851

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Name usages

Duvernoy (1851:58, 70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13432839, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13432851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68918)
Duvernoy (1851:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13432839, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13432851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68918)

Dioplodon densirostris:

J. E. Gray, 1863

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

densirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681530

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1863:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38566)

Dioplodon Sechellensis:

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

sechellensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

355

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9730100

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1866:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9730100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)
Gray (1868:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15869410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60531)
Gray (1871:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15945535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37256)

Dioplodon seychellensis:

J. E. Gray, 1870

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

seychellensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

393, 394

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404916 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404917

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gray (1870:393, 394, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404916, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69399)
Gray (1870:394, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404916, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69399)
Mead & Brownell (2005:741) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Mesoplodon densirostris:

J. D. Ogilby, 1892

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

densirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938593

Authority publication

Sydney

Name usages

Ogilby (1892:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
Trouessart (1905:778, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Allen (1939:261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Kellogg (1940:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71565)
Anderson (1947:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62435203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72301)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:726, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8723027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Nishiwaki & Kamiya (1958:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68480)
Davies (1963:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42155)
Hershkovitz (1966:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7869976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11469)
Moore (1968:278, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2764192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39802)
Corbet & Hill (1980:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:300, 301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Mead & Brownell (1993:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69010)
Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Jackson & Groves (2015:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13244/50364253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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