Saint-Louis, Grande Terre, New Caledonia, South Pacific Ocean
Collection Date:
7 Jun 2001
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No number
USNM Number:
STR15159
Specimen Count:
1
Notes:
Photos, no skull - Dalebout did DNA.
Borsa, Philippe and Daniel Robineau (2005). "Blainville’s Beaked Whale in New Caledonia." Pacific Science 59(3): 467–472. Abstract: Blainville’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) was positively identified in the waters around New Caledonia from two strandings, one live sighting, and two rostra collected from the seafloor. This is the only species of Ziphiidae reported so far from the New Caledonian archipelago and adjacent waters.