Mesoplodon hectori

Stranded Hector's beaked whale (Mesoplodon hectori).

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Odontoceti

Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Cetartiodactyla Ordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Subordo: Odontoceti

Familia: Ziphiidae
Subfamilia: Hyperoodontinae
Genus: Mesoplodon
Species: Mesoplodon hectori

Name

Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871)

References

• Mesoplodon hectori in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

Links

• Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Mesoplodon hectori

Vernacular names

English: Hector’s Beaked Whale
日本語: ニュージーランドオウギハクジラ
Suomi: Vinonokkavalas
Türkçe: Hector gagalı balinası

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