Traits taxon details
Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874)
254993 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254993)
accepted
Species
Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254993 on 2025-04-28
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254993 on 2025-04-28
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(of Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999) Baker, A. N.; Van Helden, A. L. (1999). New records of beaked whales, GenusMesoplodon,from New Zealand (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 29(3): 235-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1999.9517594 [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., 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.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
status source Helden, A. L. van, A. N. Baker, M. L. Dalebout, J. C. Reyes, K. Van Waerebeek and C. Scott Baker. (2002). Resurrection of <i>Mesoplodon traversii</i>, senior synonym of <i>M. bahamondi</i> Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cárdenas and Yáñez, 1995 (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Marine Mammal Science 18:609--621. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., 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.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
status source Helden, A. L. van, A. N. Baker, M. L. Dalebout, J. C. Reyes, K. Van Waerebeek and C. Scott Baker. (2002). Resurrection of <i>Mesoplodon traversii</i>, senior synonym of <i>M. bahamondi</i> Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cárdenas and Yáñez, 1995 (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Marine Mammal Science 18:609--621. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon layardii) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon traversii)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 18403 Mesoplodon traversii)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon layardii) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon traversii)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 18403 Mesoplodon traversii)
To ITIS
