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Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Blainville, H. de. (1817). In: [Desmarest, A. G.]. <em>Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle.</em> 9.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Hyperoodontidae
genus
Mesoplodon
species
Mesoplodon densirostris

Name

Synonyms
Delphinus densirostris Blainville, 1817
Dioplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817)
Dioplodon sechellensis (Gray, 1846)
Mesodiodon densirostre (Blainville, 1817)
Nodus densirostris Galbreath, 1963
Ziphius densirostris (Blainville, 1817)
Ziphius sechellensis Gray, 1846
Ziphius seychellensis (Gray, 1846)
Homonyms
Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817)
Common names
Baleine-a-bec de Blainville in English
Ballena-picuda de Blainsville in Spanish
Ballena-picuda de Blainsville in Spanish
Blainville s Beaked Whale in English
Blainville's Beaked Whale in English
Blainville's Beaked Whale in English
Blainville's beaked whale in language.
Blainville-Schnabelwal in German
Blainville-Zweizahnwal in English
Blainville’s Beaked Whale in English
Cow-fish in English
Dense-beaked Whale in English
Dense-beaked whale in language.
Tropical Beaked Whale in English
Zifio de Blainville in English
dense-beaked whale in English
dense-beaked whale in English
densebeak whale in English
densebeak whale in English
柏氏中喙鯨 in Chinese
Blainville's Beaked Whale in English
Blainville's Beaked Whale in English
Blainvilles näbbval in Swedish
Spitssnuitdolfijn van De Blainville in Dutch
Ballena de Pico de Blainville in Spanish
Blainville's Beaked Whale in English
Blainville's beaked whale in English
Blainville-Schnabelwal in German
Blainville-Zweizahnwal in German
Blainville-snoetwalvis in Afrikaans
Blainvilles näbbval in Swedish
Blainvillov dvozob in Slovenian
Blenvilio dvidantis in Lithuanian
Kobuha kujira in Japanese
Mésoplodon de Blainville in French
Spitssnuitdolfijn van Blainville in Dutch
Zifio de Blainville in Spanish
baleia bicuda de Blainville in Portuguese
baleine bécune in French
baleine à bec de Blainville in French
ballena picuda in Spanish
ballena picuda de Blainville in Spanish
ballenato de hoccico de Blainville in Spanish
ballenato hocicudo de Blainville in Spanish
cow-fish in English
dense-beaked whale in English
dioplodon densirostre in French
dziobowal Blainville'a in Polish
hog-buri-gorae in Korean
kobuha kujira in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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