Cetacea taxon details

Tasmacetus Oliver, 1937 
AphiaID: 231394

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Odontoceti > Ziphiidae
Status accepted
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Rank Genus
Parent Ziphiidae Gray, 1850
Sources  basis of record: Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]

additional source: Shirihai, H. 2002 A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean Alula Press FI 510 pp [details]

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 Species Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937
Environment marine
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231394
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2006-05-17 09:54:26Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Tasmacetus Oliver, 1937. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231394 on 2013-05-24