Bay of Bengal to Borneo and Java; another 

 (0. b. fluminalis Anderson, 1871) occurs 

 in the Inawaddy River, Burma. 

 Genus Feresa Gray, 1871 



Feresa attenuata Gray, 1875 (pygmy killer 

 whale). Known only from the South Pacific 

 Ocean, Japan, and S^n^gal, Regarded by 

 Fraser (1960, p. 706) "as one of the world's 

 rarest large mammals." 

 Genus Pseudorca Reinhardt, 1862 



Pseudorca crassidens Owen, 1846 (false 

 killer whale). All temperate and tropical 

 seas. 

 Genus Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860 (= Orca Gray, 

 1846 preoccupied; = Grampus auct., nee 

 Gray, 1828) 



Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 ( = 0. rectipinna 

 Cope, 1869) (killer whale). All seas; chiefly 

 coastal. 

 Family Ziphiidae (beaked whales) 

 Genus Tasmacetus Oliver, 1937 



Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937 (Tasman 

 beaked whale). Known only from three 

 specimens stranded on New Zealand. 

 Genus Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850. About 10 

 or 11 named forms are held to be valid 

 (Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958). The genus 

 is in need of revision. Two subgenera are 

 recognized: Dioplodon Gervais, 1850, for 

 the large-toothed species (densirostris, 

 ginkgodens, layardi, and stejnegeri), and 

 Mesoplodon for the small-toothed species. 

 Most of the species are apparently rare. 



Mesoplodon hidens Sowerby, 1804 (Sowerby 

 beaked whale). North Atlantic. 



Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais, 855 

 (= Mesoplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps, 

 1866) (Gulf Stream beaked whale). Trop- 

 ical and near tropical western North 

 Atlantic. 



Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913 (True beaked 

 whale). Temperate western North Atlantic, 

 to British Isles. 



Mesoplodon pacificus Longman, 1926 

 (Longman beaked whale). Type locality, 

 Mackay, South Australia. (Sometimes re- 

 garded as a subspecies of M. europaeus 

 but according to Moore, 1960, it must be 

 regarded as a full species.) 



Mesoplodon grayi Haast, 1876 (scamperdown 

 whale). South Africa, South .Australia, New 

 Zealand, Argentina, and Netherlands. 



Mesoplodon hectori Gray, 1871 (Hector 

 beaked whale). New Zealand and Falkland 

 Islands. 



Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885 (= M. 

 howdoini Andrews, 1908) (saber-toothed 

 whale; Stejneger beaked whale). From 

 North Pacific to New Zealand. 



Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and 

 Kamiya, 1958 (Japanese beaked whale). 

 Japan 



Mesoplodon layardi Gray, 1865 (strap- 

 toothed whale). South Africa, South 

 Australia, New Zealand, and the Falkland 

 Islands. 



Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville, 1817 

 (Blainville beaked whale). Worldwide in 

 tropicsil and subtropical waters. 

 Genus Ziphius G. Cuvier, 1823 



Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823 (goose- 

 beaked whale; Cuvier beaked whale). All 

 oceans. 

 Genus Berardius Duvemoy, 1851 



Berardius amouxi Duvemoy, 1851 (Arnoux 

 beaked whale). Southern Ocean; known 

 from New Zealand, Falkland Islands, South 

 Georgia, and South Shetlands. 



Berardius hairdi Stejneger, 1883 (giant 

 bottle-nosed whale; Baird beaked whale). 

 Japan to Bering Sea and California. 

 Genus Ilyperoodon Lac^pfede, 1804 



Hyperoodon ampullatus Forster, 1770 (= A/- 

 rostralus Mtlller, 1776) (northern bottle- 

 nosed whale; flat-headed bottle-nosed 

 whale). North Atlantic Ocean. 



Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882 (south- 

 em bottle-nosed whale; flat-headed bottle- 

 nosed whale). Southern Ocean; known only 

 from Australia, Argentina, South Georgia, 

 and South Orkneys. 

 Family Physeteridae (sperm whales) 

 Subfamily Physeterinae 

 Genus Physeter Linnaeus, 1758 



Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 (= P. 

 macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758) (sperm 

 whale). All oceans. Tomilin (1957) rec- 

 ognizes Northern and Southem Hemisphere 

 races P. c. catodon and P. c. australis 

 MacLeay, 1851, but the distinction is of 

 doubtful validity. 

 Subfamily Kogiinae 



Genus Kogia Gray, 1846 

 Kogia breviceps Blainville, 1833 (pygmy 



