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Mesoplodon perrini  Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker and van Helden, 2002
Taxonomic Serial No.: 612599

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Perrin's Beaked Whale [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 -- mamífero, mammals, mammifères  
             SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                   OrderCetacea Brisson, 1762 -- baleia, baleines, cetaceans, cetáceo, cétacés, dauphins, dolphins, golfinho, mammfères marins, marine mammals, marsouins, porpoises, whales  
                      SuborderOdontoceti Flower, 1867 -- toothed whales  
                         FamilyHyperoodontidae Gray, 1846 -- beaked whales  
                            GenusMesoplodon Gervais, 1850 -- beaked whales  
                               SpeciesMesoplodon perrini Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker and van Helden, 2002 -- Perrin's Beaked Whale  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Dr. James G. Mead  
  Notes: Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560   
  Reference for: Mesoplodon perrini   
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dalebout, Merel L., James G. Mead, C. Scott Baker, Alan N. Baker, and Anton L. van Helden  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon perrini sp. n. (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) discovered through phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Marine Mammal Science, vol. 18, no. 3   
  Page(s): 577-608   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0824-0469   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Cetacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1   
  Page(s): 723-743   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mesoplodon perrini, Perrin's Beaked Whale   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Reeder, DeeAnn M., Kristofer M. Helgen, and Don E. Wilson  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Global Trends and Biases in New Mammal Species Discoveries   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, no. 269   
  Page(s): 35   
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0149-175X   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mesoplodon perrini   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: CITES - Appendix II  
    Comments: Was first described as Mesoplodon hectori by Mead (1981), subsequently recognized as a new species by Dalebout et al. (2002)  
 

 

    

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