Cetacea taxon details
Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874)
254993 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254993)
accepted
Species
Dolichodon layardii Hector, 1873 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Dolichodon traversii Gray, 1874 · unaccepted (basionym)
Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cardenas & Yanez, 1996 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon layardi McCann, 1962 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Note Pitt Island, Chatham Islands (44 degrees 17...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pitt Island, Chatham Islands (44 degrees 17 minutes S latitude, 176 degrees 15 minutes W longitude). [details]
Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254993 on 2025-04-01
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(of Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999) Baker, A. N.; Van Helden, A. L. (1999). New records of beaked whales, GenusMesoplodon,from New Zealand (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 29(3): 235-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1999.9517594 [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
status source Helden, A. L. van, A. N. Baker, M. L. Dalebout, J. C. Reyes, K. Van Waerebeek and C. Scott Baker. (2002). Resurrection of <i>Mesoplodon traversii</i>, senior synonym of <i>M. bahamondi</i> Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cárdenas and Yáñez, 1995 (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Marine Mammal Science 18:609--621. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
status source Helden, A. L. van, A. N. Baker, M. L. Dalebout, J. C. Reyes, K. Van Waerebeek and C. Scott Baker. (2002). Resurrection of <i>Mesoplodon traversii</i>, senior synonym of <i>M. bahamondi</i> Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cárdenas and Yáñez, 1995 (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Marine Mammal Science 18:609--621. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype Mandible in Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, no. NMNZ 546, collected in 1872 by H. H. Travers. [details]IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Type locality Pitt Island, Chatham Islands (44 degrees 17 minutes S latitude, 176 degrees 15 minutes W longitude). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | spade-tand spitssnuitdolfijn | [details] |
| English | spade-toothed beaked whale | [details] |
| French | baleine à bec de Travers | [details] |
| Spanish | zifio de Travers | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cardenas & Yanez, 1996)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dolichodon traversii Gray, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardi McCann, 1962)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Dolichodon layardii Hector, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon layardii) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon traversii)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Dolichodon traversii Gray, 1874)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cardenas & Yanez, 1996)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 18403 Mesoplodon traversii)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cardenas & Yanez, 1996)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dolichodon traversii Gray, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardi McCann, 1962)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Dolichodon layardii Hector, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon layardii) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon traversii)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Dolichodon traversii Gray, 1874)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cardenas & Yanez, 1996)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 18403 Mesoplodon traversii)
To ITIS
