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Mesoplodon perrini  Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker and van Helden, 2002
Taxonomic Serial No.: 612599

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Perrin's Beaked Whale [English]
  
       
  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 perrini Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker and van Helden, 2002 – Perrin's Beaked Whale  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Dr. James G. Mead  
  Notes: Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560   
  Reference for: Mesoplodon perrini    
       
  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 perrini, Perrin's Beaked 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 perrini, Perrin's Beaked Whale [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dalebout, Merel L., James G. Mead, C. Scott Baker, Alan N. Baker, and Anton L. van Helden  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon perrini sp. n. (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) discovered through phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Marine Mammal Science, vol. 18, no. 3   
  Page(s): 577-608   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0824-0469   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: original description   
       
  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 perrini, Perrin's Beaked Whale [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Reeder, DeeAnn M., Kristofer M. Helgen, and Don E. Wilson  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Global Trends and Biases in New Mammal Species Discoveries   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, no. 269   
  Page(s): 35   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0149-175X   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mesoplodon perrini   
       
  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 perrini, Perrin's Beaked Whale [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
       
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