CETACEA: ZIPHIIDAE 651 



1878. M [esoplodon] densirostris Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1877, pt. 4, 



p. 684, March 1878. 

 1934. Dioplodon densirostris Iredale and Troughton, Mem. Australian Mus. 



No. 6, p. 61, May 4, 1934. 

 Type Locality. — Unknown. Range. — In western North Atlantic recorded from 

 Peggy's Cove, about 30 miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Raven, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 80, p. 23, Sept. 1, 1942); Annisquam, Mass.; Corson's 

 Inlet, N. J.; and Boque Banks, near Beaufort, N. C. (Ulmer, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, vol. 93, p. 118, Sept. 11, 1941). 



Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais) * 



1848-52. Diplodon europaeus Gervais, Zoologie et Paleontologie Franchises 



. . . , ed. 1, p. 4. 

 1878. M [esoplodon] europaeus Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1877, pt. 4, 



p. 684, March 1878. 

 1910. Mesoplodon europaeus True, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 73, p. 11, Sept. 28, 



1910. 

 Type Locality. — English Channel. Range. — In western North Atlantic recorded 

 from Rockaway Beach, Long Island, N. Y. (Raven, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 905, 

 p. 2, Jan. 14, 1935) ; North Long Branch and Atlantic City, N. J. (True, op. cit., 

 p. 12) ; St. Augustine (Ulmer, Journ. Mamm., vol. 28, No. 2, p. 185, June 1, 

 1947) and Middle Key, Fla. (Raven, op. cit. t p. 7) . 



Mesoplodon mirus Truef* (True's beaked whale) 



1913. Mesoplodon mirum True, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 60, No. 25, p. 1, 

 Mar. 14, 1913. 



1919. Mesoplodon mirus Harmer, Report on Cetacea stranded on the British 

 Coasts during 1918, British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), p. 18, Mar. 22, 1919. 



Type Locality. — Beaufort Harbor, Carteret County, N. C. Range. — In western 

 North Atlantic recorded from South Gut, St. Anne's Bay, Cape Breton Island, 

 Nova Scotia (G. M. Allen, Journ. Mamm., vol. 20, No. 2, p. 259, May 15, 1939), 

 south to Bird Shoal, Beaufort Harbor, N. C. (for additional records see Brimley, 

 Journ. Mamm., vol. 26, No. 4, p. 434, Feb. 12, 1945; and Ulmer, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 93, p. 107, Sept. 11, 1941) . 



Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews* 



1908. Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 24, 

 p. 203, Feb. 26, 1908. 



Type Locality. — New Brighton Beach, Canterbury Province, New Zealand. 

 Range. — In eastern North Pacific recorded from near La Jolla, San Diego County, 

 Calif. (Hubbs, Journ. Mamm., vol. 27, No. 3, p. 245, Aug. 14, 1946). 



Mesoplodon stejnegeri Truef* (Stejneger's beaked whale) 



1885. Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 8, p. 585, Nov. 



21, 1885. 

 1910. Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 73, p. 24, Sept. 28, 



1910. 

 Type Locality. — Bering Island, Commander Islands, Bering Sea. Range. — 

 In eastern North Pacific recorded from Bering Sea south to beach at mouth of 

 Waatch River, Clallam County, Wash. (Scheffer and Slipp, Amer. Midi. Nat., 



