Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Alternative combinations: Berardius hectori, Paikea hectori

Synonym: Mesoplodon knoxi Hector 1873

Belongs to Mesoplodon according to O. Lambert and S. Louwye 2016

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Gray 1873, Hershkovitz 1966, Mead 1989, Mead and Brownell 2005, Moore 1968, Oliver 1922, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Mesoplodon bidens, Mesoplodon bononiensis, Mesoplodon bowdoini, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi, Mesoplodon danconae, Mesoplodon densirostris, Mesoplodon eueu, Mesoplodon europaeus, Mesoplodon ginkgodens, Mesoplodon grayi, Mesoplodon hotaula, Mesoplodon lawleyi, Mesoplodon layardii, Mesoplodon longirostris, Mesoplodon medilineatus, Mesoplodon meneghinii, Mesoplodon mirus, Mesoplodon perrini, Mesoplodon peruvianus, Mesoplodon posti, Mesoplodon slangkopi, Mesoplodon stejnegeri, Mesoplodon traversii, Mesoplodon tumidirostris, Ziphius gibbus, Ziphius tenuirostris, Ziphius (Dolichodon) geelongensis

Type specimens:

• Mesoplodon hectori: Its type locality is Waitangi Beach, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in New Zealand
• Mesoplodon knoxi:

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Titai Bay

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.