Species Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958

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• Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki, M. & Kamiya, T. 1958. A beaked whale Mesoplodon stranded on Oiso Beach, Japan. Science Reports of the Whales Research Institute 13: 53-83 [77].

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT skeleton, Oiso Beach, Sagami Bay, near Tokyo.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Vagrant, known in Australia from strandings.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Oceanic, pelagic, piscivore.

 

General References

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

Mead, J.G. 1989. Beaked whales of the genus Mesoplodon. pp. 349-430 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.

Mead, J.G. & Brownell, R.L. 1993. Order Cetacea. pp. 349-364 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D-A. M. (eds). Mammal species of the world: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second Edition. Washington : Smithsonian Institute 1206 pp. [363] (see also for extralimital synonym)

Nishiwaki, M., Kasuya, T., Kureha, K. & Oguro, N. 1972. Further comments on Mesoplodon ginkodens. Science Reports of the Whales Research Institute 24: 43-56

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale)

 

History of changes

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16-Dec-2010		23-Dec-2015	MODIFIED
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