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Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874) 
AphiaID: 254993

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Ziphiidae (Family) > Mesoplodon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
Synonymised
taxa		  Dolichodon layardii Hector, 1873 (Synonym)
 Dolichodon traversii Gray, 1874 (basionym)
 Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cardenas & Yanez, 1996 (synonym)
 Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999 (synonym)
 Mesoplodon layardi McCann, 1962 (synonym)
 Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Helden, A. L. van, A. N. Baker, M. L. Dalebout, J. C. Reyes, K. Van Waerebeek and C. Scott Baker. (2002). Resurrection of Mesoplodon traversii, senior synonym of M. bahamondi Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cárdenas and Yáñez, 1995 (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Marine Mammal Science 18:609--621. [details]

basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

additional source: Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]

additional source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]

additional source: Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]

additional source (from synonym): King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch spade-tand spitssnuitdolfijn  [details]
English spade-toothed beaked whale  [details]
French baleine à bec de Travers  [details]
Spanish zifio de Travers  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Southern Ocean [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Holotype: Mandible in Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, no. NMNZ 546, collected in 1872 by H. H. Travers. [details]

IUCN Red List Category: Data Deficient (DD) [details]

Type locality: Pitt Island, Chatham Islands (44 degrees 17 minutes S latitude, 176 degrees 15 minutes W longitude). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254993
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-12-24 20:10:49Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874). In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254993 on 2013-06-19
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