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True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) is a medium-sized whale in the genus Mesoplodon. It is native to the northern Atlantic Ocean . The common name is in reference to Frederick W. True , a curator at the United States National Museum (now the Smithsonian).
A rare True's beaked whale, later named Hope, the only member of its species known to be held in captivity, was taken after live-stranding on 02 January, 1973. It was held for about two days in a backyard swimming pool which had been pumped full of seawater before being transferred to the Coney Island Aquarium where it died approximately 2 days ...
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True's beaked whale (M. mirus) True, 1913; Ramari's beaked whale (M. eueu) Carroll et al, 2021 [4] Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus, also known as the Indo-Pacific beaked whale or the tropical bottlenose whale) was originally assigned to Mesoplodon, but Joseph Curtis Moore placed it in its own genus, Indopacetus, a taxonomic ...
Stejneger's beaked whale: Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885: NT: Unknown 1.5 t (1.7 short tons) Strap-toothed whale: Mesoplodon layardii Gray, 1865: LC: Unknown 2 t (2.2 short tons) True's beaked whale: Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913: LC: Unknown (North Atlantic only; map includes range of M. eueu in Indian Ocean) 1.4 t (1.5 short tons)
Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi DD; Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori DD; Deraniyagala's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hotaula NE; Strap-toothed whale, Mesoplodon layardii DD; True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus DD; Perrin's beaked whale, Mesoplodon perrini DD; Pygmy beaked whale, Mesoplodon peruvianus DD; Stejneger's beaked whale ...
The five-meter-long creature, a type of beaked whale, was identified after it washed ashore on an Otago beach from its color patterns and the shape of its skull, beak and teeth.
A damaged calvaria (the top of the skull) was found washed up on Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, in 1993 and was described as a new species, Mesoplodon bahamondi or Bahamonde's beaked whale. [7] A calvaria found at White Island in New Zealand in the 1950s went unidentified for about 40 years, until in 1999 it was identified as being from a ...