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Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
Beaked Whales
Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850; Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris Zool. (3) 14: 16, TS: Delphinus sowerbiensis Blainville
Paikea Oliver, 1922; Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1922, pt. 3, p. 574, TS: Berardius hectori Gray
Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
Atlantic Pohjoisatlantinnokkavalas
Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804; The British miscellany: 1, TL: Coast of Elginshire, Scotland
bidens (Sowerby, 1804); Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 7: 310, TL: Brodie House, Coast of Elginshire, Scotland
Delphinus sowerbiensis Blainville
Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908
Temperate waters of Australia and New Zealand Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908; Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 24: 203, TL: New Brighton Beach, Canterbury Province, New Zealand
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963
Temperate waters of North Pacific Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963; Am. Midl. Nat., 70: 422, TL: California, La Jolla
Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817)
Temperate and tropical waters Delphinus densirostris Blainville, 1817; Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., 9: 178, TL: unknown
Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)
Temperate and tropical waters of North Atlantic europaeus (Gervais, 1855); Hist. Nat. Mamm., 2: 320, TL: "English Channel"
?Diplodon europaeus Gervais, 1848-52; Zoologie et Paléontolgie Françaises ... (ed. 1): 4, TL: English Channel
Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958
Tropical to warm waters temperate waters of the North Pacific and Indian Ocans off Japan Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958; Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. (Tokyo), 13: 77, TL: Japan, Kangawa, Oiso Beach
hotaula
Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast, 1876
Temperate southern oceans, cold temperate waters Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast, 1876; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876: 9, TL: New Zealand, Chatham Is., Waitangi Beach
Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871)
Southern Hemisphere, temperate waters, northern Pacific Berardius hectori Gray, 1871; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 8: 117, TL: New Zealand, Wellington, Titai Bay
Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
Southern hemisphere, temperate waters Strap-toothed Whale Layard's Whale
layardii (Gray, 1865); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865: 358, TL: South Africa?
Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913
North Atlantic, temperate waters, South Atlantic coast of South Africa True's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon mirum True, 1913; Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 60 (25): 1, TL: Beaufort Harbor, Cartered Co., North Carolina
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885
North Pacific, cold temperate to subarctic waters Stejneger's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 8: 585, TL: Bering Island, Commander Isalnds, Bering Sea

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Some related literature:
Blainville, 1817
in Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle ..., ed. 2, 9: Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., 9: 151,178
Gervais, 1855
Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères ... 2 Hist. Nat. Mamm., 2: 320,323

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