Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Mesoplodon traversii
Source(s):
Source:
List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies
Acquired:
2019-04-16
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
Publication(s):
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 (Listed/Actual):
2002-07-01 / 2002-07-01
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):
Reyes, Julio C., Koen Van Waerebeek, Juan C. Cárdenas, and José L. Yáñez
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1995-01-01 / 1996-01-01
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):
Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
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
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2018-01-01 / 2018-01-01
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
Mesoplodon traversii: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
East Pacific
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mesoplodon traversii: Comments
Comment:
Status: CITES - Appendix II
Comment:
Comments: Was considered synonymous with Mesoplodon layardii until Helden et al. (2002) compared the DNA sequence from the type and determined that it was the same species as M. bahamondi. This species is the rarest member of the Ziphiidae