Species details : Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)

Accepted scientific name:
Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) (accepted name) 9 literature references for Mesoplodon bidens  (Sowerby, 1804)
Synonyms:
Delphinus micropterus G. Cuvier, 1829 (synonym) 2 literature references for Delphinus micropterus G. Cuvier, 1829
Heterodon dalei Lesson, 1827 (synonym) 2 literature references for Heterodon dalei Lesson, 1827
Mesoplodon sowerbensis (de Blainville, 1817) (synonym) 2 literature references for Mesoplodon sowerbensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Sowerby's Beaked Whale English - Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Mammalia ITIS Global
Order Cetacea ITIS Global
Family Hyperoodontidae ITIS Global
Genus Mesoplodon ITIS Global
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Western Atlantic Ocean
Lifezones: -
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Mead J.G., 05-Dec-2008
Source database: ITIS Global, Dec 2014   99%
Bibliographic citation: Orrell T. (custodian) (2025). ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Dec 2014). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180515
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:23e76738-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401