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Distribution : Pacific Ocean from Bering Sea to Yaquina Bay, Oregon, 

 on the east, to Akita Beach, Japan, on the west. 



Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews 



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

 203, fig. 1 (tympanic and periotic bones), figs. 2, 3 (mandible), fig. 4 

 (skeleton), fig. 5 (scapula), pi. 24 (skull). — Oliver, 1922, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. London, 1922: 569, pi. 3, figs. 1-3 (skull), pi. 4 (mandible; 

 scapula) [South Pacific: New Zealand; characters; osteology; com- 

 parisons]. — Glauert, 1947, Australian Zool., 11(2): 74 [Indian: Aus- 

 tralia (Bunbury, southwestern Western Australia)]. — Goodwin, 1953, 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 102: 354 [type history]. — Moore, 1963, 

 Amer. Midi. Nat., 70: 396, figs. 11, 12 (mandible, teeth) [S. Pacific: 

 New Zealand (Brighton Beach)]. 



[?] Mesoplodon stejnegeri, McCann (? not True), 1964, Tuatara, 12(2): 

 124 [S. Pacific: New Zealand (New Brighton, Christchurch ; Waitofara 

 Beach, Wanganui ; Manawatu Heads ; Stewart Island) ; bowdoini 

 regarded as a synonym]. 



Type : Mounted skeleton of adult male, American Museum of Natural 

 History, no. 35027, purchased 1904 from Ward's Natural Science Establish- 

 ment, Rochester, New York. 



Type locality: Brighton Beach, Canterbury Province, New Zealand, 

 South Pacific. 



Distribution: South Pacific and Indian Ocean from New Zealand 

 waters to western Australia. 



Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore 



Mesoplodon bowdoini, Hubbs (not Andrews), 1946, Journ. Mammal., 27: 

 242, pi. 4 (animal; head) [N. Pacific: U.S.A. (La Jolla, California); 

 characters; comparisons]. — Orr, 1953, Journ. Mammal., 34: 239, fig. 1 

 (mandible, lower 2 figs, only) [N. Pacific: U.S.A. (Drake's Bay, 

 California) ; regarded as conspecific with stejnegeri] . 



Mesoplodon stejnegeri, Nishiwaki and Tamiya (not True), 1959, Sci. Rep. 

 Whales Res. Inst., 14: 35, figs. 1-8 (skeleton), fig. 9 (skull), fig. 10 

 (teeth excl. left tooth), pis. 1, 2, 3 (skull), pi. 4 (skeleton) [N. Pacific: 

 Japan (Ayukawa, 65 miles SE., 37°27' N, 142°30' E.)]. 



Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963, Amer. Midi. Nat., 70: 422, figs. 7, 

 13-15 (skull, teeth), fig. 8 (teeth) [N. Pacific: California (La Jolla; 

 Drake's Bay, Marin Co.; San Simeon Bay, 35°38' N. ; San Francisco 

 Bay) ; Washington (Oyhut, Grays Harbor) ; Japan (Ayukawa, 65 miles 

 southeast; Kinka-san, 30 miles southeast, 38° N, 142° E.). 



Type: Skeleton, hyoids and pelvis in alcohol, dorsal fin, fluke tip, one 

 eye, U.S. National Museum, no. 278031; collected July 25, 1946, by 

 Carl Hubbs. 



