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Mesoplodon densirostris

Blainville's Beaked-Whale

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blainville's Beaked-Whale

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, pelagic, off-shore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Locally endangered

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
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Northern Group: Present?
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
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Scientific Taxonomy

Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville in Desmarest, 1817)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); TETRAPODA; MAMMALIA; THERIA; EUTHERIA; Cetacea; Odontoceti; ZIPHIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen+photo, 10/1990, stranded Avarua Harbour, with tentative ID as Mesoplodon ginkgodens or Mesoplodon densirostris (see CINews 1/12/1990), and final ID with B.Abarnathy from photo of an extracted tooth as Mesoplodon densirostris; fieldsight+photos, 2000 and 2001, Nan Hauser and Hoyt Peckham with ID as Mesoplodon densirostris Aitutaki: fieldsight+photos, 2000, Nan Hauser and Hoyt Peckham with ID as Mesoplodon densirostris.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM07a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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