Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) 
AphiaID: 231429

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Odontoceti > Ziphiidae > Mesoplodon

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
Synonymised taxa		Dolichodon layardii Gray, 1871 (synonym) Mesoplodon floweri Haast, 1876 (synonym) Mesoplodon guentheri Krefft, 1871 (synonym) Mesoplodon layardi Flower, 1878 (synonym) Mesoplodon longirostris Gray, 1873 (synonym) Mesoplodon thomsoni Ogilby, 1892 (synonym) Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865 (basionym)
Sources		original description: Gray J.E. (1865). Notes on the whales of the Cape; by E. L. Layard, Esq., of Cape-Town, Corr. Memb. with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, April 11, 1865:357--359. [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: Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4. [details] additional source: Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. [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: 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]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Afrikaans Layard-snoetwalvis  [details] Dutch Layardspitssnuitdolfijn  [details] English Layard's beaked whale  [details] English strap-toothed beaked whale  [details] English strap-toothed whale  [details] French baleine à bec de Layard  [details] French mesoplodon de Layard  [details] Portuguese baleia bicuda de Layard  [details] Spanish ballena de diente plano  [details] Spanish delfin picudo de Layard  [details] Spanish zifio de Layard  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Antarctica [details] Southern Ocean [details] Subantarctic Waters [details] World Oceans [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To ITIS
Notes		Habitat: cool temperate in Southern Hemisphere, oceanic [details] Holotype: "Name based on the drawings of a skull in the collection of the South African Museum, Capetown, submitted to Gray, by Mr. E. Layard; type skull presented 1869 by trustees of South African Museum to British Museum [Natural History], no. 69.4.5.2" (Hershkovitz, 1966). [details] IUCN Red List Category: Data Deficient (DD) [details] Type locality: South Africa, probably off the Cape of Good Hope. [details]
Images		Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 27) added on 2008-06-03 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:13:41
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231429
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2006-05-17 09:54:26Z   created   Charbonneau, Danny 2007-12-24 20:10:49Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865). 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=231429 on 2013-05-23