RAMS taxon details
Tasmacetus Oliver, 1937
marine, terrestrial
Oliver, W. R. B. (1937). <i>Tasmacetus shepherdi</i>: a new genus and species of beaked whale from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, Series B (3):371--381, pl. 1--5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1937.tb00015.x [details]
Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Tasmacetus Oliver, 1937. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231394 on 2026-05-20
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Tasmacetus Oliver, 1937. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231394 on 2026-05-20
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Oliver, W. R. B. (1937). <i>Tasmacetus shepherdi</i>: a new genus and species of beaked whale from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, Series B (3):371--381, pl. 1--5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1937.tb00015.x [details]
basis of record Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]
additional source Shirihai, H. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean. Alula Press FI 510 pp. [details]
basis of record Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]
additional source Shirihai, H. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean. Alula Press FI 510 pp. [details]
