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Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol.7 p.310

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Hyperoodontidae
genus
Mesoplodon
species
Mesoplodon bidens

Name

Synonyms
Aodon dalei Lesson, 1828
Delphinorhynchus micropterus F.Cuvier, 1836
Delphinorhynchus sowerbyi Gray, 1846
Delphinus dalei (Lesson, 1827)
Delphinus micropteron Tomilin, 1957
Delphinus micropterus G.Cuvier, 1829
Delphinus sowerbensis Blainville, 1817
Delphinus sowerbi Eschricht, 1851
Delphinus sowerbyensis Eschricht, 1852
Delphinus sowerbyi Desmarest, 1822
Diodon sowerbaei Bell, 1837
Diodon sowerbi Hamilton, 1837
Diodon sowerbyi Lesson, 1828
Heterodon dalei Lesson, 1827
Mesodiodon micropterum (Cuvier, 1829)
Mesodiodon sowerbyi Duvernoy, 1851
Mesoplodon sowerbensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Mesoplodon sowerbiensis J.A.Allen, 1869
Mesoplodon sowerbyi (Desmarest, 1822)
Micropteron bidens Malm, 1871
Homonyms
Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
Common names
Almindelig næbhval in Danish
Baleine-a-bec de Sowerby in French
Baleine-a-bec de Sowerby in French
Ballena de Pico de Sowerby in Spanish
Flosser in German
Morfil Gylfinog Sowerby in Welsh
Morfilod Gylfinog Sowerby in Welsh
Mésoplodon de Sowerby in French
Mésoplodon de Sowerby, Baleine à bec de Sowerby in French
Nehvalur in Faroese
North Atlantic Beaked Whale in English
North Atlantic beaked whale in English
North Atlantic beaked whale in English
North Atlantic beaked whale in English
North Sea Beaked Whale in English
North Sea beaked whale in English
Norðursnjáldri in Icelandic
Næbhval in language.
Sowerby s Beaked Whale in English
Sowerby s Beaked Whale in English
Sowerby's Beaked Whale in English
Sowerby's Beaked Whale in English
Sowerby's Beaked Whale in English
Sowerby's Beaked Whale in English
Sowerby's Beaked Whale in English
Sowerby's Whale in English
Sowerby's beaked whale in language.
Sowerby-Zweizahnwal in German
Sowerby-Zweizahnwal in German
Sowerby-Zweizahnwal in German
Sowerbys Wal in German
Sowerbys näbbval in Swedish
Sowerby’s Beaked Whale in English
Sowerby’s Beaked Whale in English
Spisshval in Norwegian
Zifio de Sowerby in language.
almindelig næbhval in language.
atlanticheski remhezub in Russian
atlantinis dvidantis in Lithuanian
baleine à bec de Sowerby in French
ballenato de hoccico de Sowerby in Spanish
dauphin de Dale in French
dauphin de Hâvre in French
gewone spitssnuitdolfijn in Dutch
gewone spitssnuitdolfijn in Dutch
mesoplodon de Sowerby in French
mesoplodonte di Sowerby in Italian
nordspisshval in Norwegian Bokmål
nordspisskval in Nynorsk, Norwegian
remnezub soverbi in Russian

Bibliographic References

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