Spade-toothed whale
Species of beaked whale / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii) is a very little-known species, the rarest species of beaked whale.
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Spade-toothed whale | |
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Skeleton of Mesoplodon traversii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Ziphiidae |
Genus: | Mesoplodon |
Species: | M. traversii |
Binomial name | |
Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874) | |
Locations and dates of specimens | |
Synonyms | |
Dolichodon traversii Gray, 1874 |
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