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Species Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851

Arnoux's Beaked Whale

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Southern circumglobal, south of about 33ºS, rarely on continental shelf; Clayton et al. (2006) give the general distribution of this species.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Oceanic, pelagic, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Diet includes cephalopods.

 

General References

Aitken, P.F. 1971. Whales from the coast of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 95: 95-103

Balcomb, K.C. 1989. Baird's Beaked Whale Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1833: Arnoux's Beaked Whale Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851. pp. 261-288 in Ridgway, S.H. & Harrison, R.J. (eds). Handbook of Marine Mammals. Volume 4. River dolphins and the larger toothed whales. London : Academic Press 442 pp.

Bannister, J.L., Kemper, C.M. & Warneke, R.M. 1996. The Action Plan for Australian Cetaceans. Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency 242 pp.

Dalebout, M.L., van Helden, A., van Waerebeek, K. & Baker, C.S. 1998. Molecular genetic identification of southern hemisphere beaked whales. Molecular Ecology 7: 687-694

Gaskin, D.E. 1972. Whales, Dolphins and Seals, with Special Reference to the New Zealand Region. London : Heinemann 200 pp.

Guiler, E.R. 1978. Whale strandings in Tasmania since 1945 with notes on some seal reports. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 112: 189-213

Hale, H.M. 1962. Occurrence of the whale Berardius arnuxi in Southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 14: 231-243

Leatherwood, S. & Reeves, R.R. 1983. The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books xviii 302 pp.

Paterson, R.A. & Parker, R.E. 1994. Aerial observations of large ziphiid whales, possibly Berardius arnuxii, off the southern coast of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 37: 301-306

Ponganis, P.J., Kooyman, G.L. & Castellini, M.A. 1995. Multiple sightings of Anoux's beaked whales along the Victoria land coast. Marine Mammal Science 11: 247-250

Ridgway, S.H. & Harrison, R.J. (eds) 1989. Handbook of Marine Mammals. Volume 4. River dolphins and the larger toothed whales. London : Academic Press 442 pp.

Warneke, R.M. 1983. Whale stranding — accident or design. Australian Natural History 21: 43-47

Watson, L. 1981. Sea Guide to Whales of the World. London : Hutchinson 302 pp.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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11-Jun-2024 11-Jun-2024 MOVED
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16-Dec-2010 16-Dec-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)