Conservation Status

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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Mesoplodon hectori (J.E. Gray, 1871)
  • AFD
Published in:ABRS 2001, "Census of Australian Vertebrates"
Synonym Source
Berardius hectori J.E. Gray, 1871 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Gray, J.E. 1871, "Notes on the Berardius of New Zealand", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4, vol. 8, 115-117 p117
Indigenous Knowledge Name Source
Kwilena, Waranang, Waraneen
Common Name Source
Hector's Beaked Whale Australia Australia
Hector's Beaked Whale Australia Australia
  • AFD
Name Source
Mesoplodon hectori (J.E. Gray, 1871) accepted
  • AFD
Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4b8d2e8e-1d6f-4533-8ce6-2686fffdd75c Scientific Name current
  • AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:bd085319-fe20-4e82-a768-9f1681f1ac89 Taxon LSID unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bd085319-fe20-4e82-a768-9f1681f1ac89 Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bd085319-fe20-4e82-a768-9f1681f1ac89 Taxon current
  • AFD
41120008 CAAB Code current
  • CAAB
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bd085319-fe20-4e82-a768-9f1681f1ac89 Taxon unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/17cd2971-9cc3-4787-a484-a7dfd2f08578 Taxon unknown
  • Identifiers from 2023 Taxonomy

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
MAMMALIA
subclass
EUTHERIA
order
ARTIODACTYLA
suborder
WHIPPOMORPHA
infraorder
CETACEA
unranked
Odontoceti
family
ZIPHIIDAE
genus
Mesoplodon
species
Mesoplodon hectori
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