Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871). 



Known only from Tasmania, New Zealand, the 

 Falkland Islands, and South Africa. 



Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913. 



North Atlantic from Florida and Nova Scotia east to 

 the British Isles; an apparently isolated population 

 in temperate waters off South Africa. 



Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) (Antillean 

 beaked whale; Gulf Stream beaked whale). 



Western North Atlantic from Trinidad, Jamaica, 

 and the Gulf of Mexico, to Long Island, N.Y.; one 

 record from the English Channel. 



Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958 

 (ginkgo-tooth whale). 

 Recorded from Ceylon, Taiwan, Japan, and Califor- 



Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876 (scamperdown 



whale). 



South Africa, South Australia, New Zealand, 

 Chatham Islands, and Argentina; one record from 

 the Netherlands. 



Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 (archbeak whale). 

 Temperate waters of the North Pacific from Japan 

 east to British Columbia and California. 



Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908 (deepcrest 



whale). 



Known only from New Zealand, Tasmania, Western 

 Australia, Victoria, and Kerguelen Island. 



Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885 (sabertooth whale; 



Bering Sea beaked whale). 



Subarctic waters of the North Pacific from the Ber- 

 ing Sea south to Japan and Oregon. 



Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) (North Sea beaked 



whale). 

 Cool temperate waters of the North Atlantic from 

 Newfoundland and Massachusetts east to southern 

 Norway and the Bay of Biscay. 



Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) (straptooth whale). 

 South Africa, southern Australia, New Zealand, and 

 the Falkland Islands. 



Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817) (dense- 

 beak whale; tropical beaked whale). 

 Tropical and warm temperate waters of all oceans. 



SYNONYMS 



Listed below are generic and specific synonyms 

 frequently appearing in recent literature. 



In recent literature 



Arctocephalus doriferus 

 A. elegans 



A. tasmanicus 

 Arctophoca 

 Balaena australis 



B. japonica 

 B. sieboldii 



Balaenoptera bonaerensis 

 B. brydei 



B. dauidsoni 



B. huttoni 

 Callorhinus alascensis 



C. eurilensis 



C. cynocephalus 

 C. mimicus 

 Ceph a lorhynchus 

 albifrons 



C. albiventris 

 Delphinapterus dorofeevi 



D. friemani 

 Delphinus bairdii 

 D. capensis 



D. dussumieri 

 D. longirostris 

 D. roseiuentris 



D. tropicalis 

 Electro 

 Eschrichtius gibbosus 



E. glaucus 

 Eu balaena 

 Eumetopias stellerii 

 Feresa intermedia 



F. occulta 

 Globicephala brachyptera 



G. edwardii 



G. leucosagmaphora 

 G. scammonii 

 G. sieboldii 

 Grampidelphis 

 Grampus orca 

 G. rectipinna 

 Gypsophoca 

 Histriophoca 

 Hydrodamalis stelleri 

 Hyperoodon rostratus 



Lagenorhynchus electra 



L. fitzroyi 



L. ognevi 



L. superciliosus 



L. thicolea 

 L. wilsoni 

 Megaptera nodosa 

 Meomeris 

 Mesoplodon geruaisi 



M. hotaula 

 M. pacificus 



In present list 



Arctocephalus pusillus 

 A. tropicalis 



A. pusillus 

 Arctocephalus 

 Balaena glacialis 



B. glacialis 

 B. glacialis 



Balaenoptera acutorostrata 

 B. edeni 



B. acutorostrata 



B. acutorostrata 

 Callorhinus ursinus 



C. ursinus 

 C. ursinus 

 C. ursinus 

 Cephalorhynchus 



hectori 



C. eutropia 

 Delphinapterus leucas 



D. leucas 

 Delphinus delphis 

 D. delphis 



D. delphis 



D. delphis 

 Stenella longirostris 

 Delphinus delphis 

 Peponocephala 

 Eschrichtius robustus 



E. robustus 

 Balaena 



Eumetopias jubatus 

 Feresa attenuata 



F. attenuata 

 Globicephala 



macrorhynchus 



G. melaena 

 G. melaena 



G. macrorhynchus 



G. macrorhynchus 



Grampus 



Orcinus orca 



0. orca 



Arctocephalus 



Phoca 



Hydrodamalis gigas 



Hyperoodon ampullatus 



Peponocephala electra 



Lagenorhynchus obscurus 



L. obliquidens 



L. obscurus 



Lagenorhynchus sp.? 

 L. cruciger 



Megaptera nouaeangliae 

 Neophocaena 

 Mesoplodon europaeus 



M. gingkodens 

 Indopacetus pacificus 



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