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Mesoplodon traversii  (Gray, 1874)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 612598

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cárdenas and Yáñez, 1996
  
    Dolichodon traversii Gray, 1874
  
  Common Name(s): baleine à bec de Travers [French]
  
    spade-tand spitssnuitdolfijn [Dutch]
  
    Spade-toothed Whale [English]
  
    zifio de Travers [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCetacea Brisson, 1762 – baleines, cétacés, dauphins, mammfères marins, marsouins, baleia, cetáceo, golfinho, cetaceans, whales, dolphins, marine mammals, porpoises  
                                  SuborderOdontoceti Flower, 1867 – toothed whales  
                                     FamilyHyperoodontidae Gray, 1846 – beaked whales  
                                        GenusMesoplodon Gervais, 1850 – beaked whales  
                                           SpeciesMesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874) – baleine à bec de Travers, spade-tand spitssnuitdolfijn, Spade-toothed Whale, zifio de Travers  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Dr. James G. Mead  
  Notes: Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560   
  Reference for: Mesoplodon traversii    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies, website (version Aug 2018)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Committee on Taxonomy. 2018. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Society for Marine Mammalogy, www.marinemammalscience.org, consulted on 16 April 2019   
  Reference for: Mesoplodon traversii, Spade-toothed Whale [English]   
       
  Source: List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies (2023), website (version Nov 2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Committee on Taxonomy. 2023. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Society for Marine Mammalogy, www.marinemammalscience.org, consulted on 13 Nov 2023   
  Reference for: Mesoplodon traversii, Spade-toothed Whale [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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 traversii, Spade-toothed Whale [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Reyes, Julio C., Koen Van Waerebeek, Juan C. Cárdenas, and José L. Yáñez  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Mesoplodon bahamondi sp. n. (Cetacea, Ziphiidae), a new living beaked whale from the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, vol. 45   
  Page(s): 31-44   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0027-3910   
  Notes: James G. Mead [personal communication, July 2002]: Although the listed publication year is 1995, this article was not actually published until 1996. Also noted at end of article: "Contribucin recibida: 20.07.95; aceptada: 20.10.95"   
  Reference for: Mesoplodon traversii   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): van Helden, Anton L., Alan N. Baker, M. L. Dalebout, J. C. Reyes, K. Van Waerebeek, and C. S. Baker  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Resurrection of Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874), senior synonym of M. bahamondi Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cárdenas and Yáñez, 1995 (Cetacea: Ziphiidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Marine Mammal Science, vol. 18, no. 3   
  Page(s): 609-621   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0824-0469   
  Notes: James G. Mead [personal communication, July 2002]: The Reyes et al. "1995" publication mentioned in the title was not actually published until 1996   
  Reference for: Mesoplodon traversii   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): xxxi + 1157   
  Publisher: Elsevier   
  Publication Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-12-8043271   
  Notes: Species and classification provided on pages xxix-xxxi   
  Reference for: Mesoplodon traversii, Spade-toothed Whale [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Indo-West Pacific  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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