New records of beaked whales, GenusMesoplodon,from New Zealand (Cetacea: Ziphiidae)
- 1 September 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Vol. 29 (3) , 235-244
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1999.9517594
Abstract
Three species of beaked whales, Mesoplodon peruvianus, M ginkgodens and M densirostns, are newly recorded from New Zealand on the basis of stranded specimens M peruvianus was previously known from the eastern tropical Pacific, M ginkgodens from the sub‐tropical and tropical waters of the wider Pacific and equatorial Indian Oceans, and M densirostns from Australian and other warm temperate to tropical waters Diagnostic skull characters for the three species are discussed and illustrated Previous records of M ginkgodens from the Chatham Islands, and M densirostns from the east coast of New Zealand and Macquane Island, are incorrectKeywords
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