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Hector's Beaked WhaleEducational resources on Hector's Beaked WhaleHector's Beaked Whale or Mesoplodon hectori is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . IUCN Profile of the Hector's Beaked Whale North American Mammals: Mesoplodon hectori Hector’s beaked whale is known from the South Atlantic, the South Pacific, and the Indian Ocean off South Africa, which made cetologists (scientists who study whales) think it www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=159 ADW: Mesoplodon hectori: Classification Mesoplodon hectori (Hector's beaked whale) ... What do these icons mean? The icons tell you what features are available for animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Mesoplodon_hectori.html North American Mammals: Search Results Mesoplodon hectori (Hector's Beaked Whale) Mesoplodon mirus (True's Beaked Whale) Mesoplodon stejnegeri (Stejneger's Beaked Whale) www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_menu.cfm?order=3 Species Page Template Beaked Whale Identification Guide ... Hector's Beaked Whale) vertebrates.si.edu/mammals/beaked_whales/pages/routing_main.htm North American Mammals: Mesoplodon hectori Mesoplodon hectori (Hector's Beaked Whale) Credit: painting by Sandra Doyle/Wildlife Art Ltd. from Kays and www.mnh.si.edu/mna/full_image.cfm?image_id=1731 ADW: Mesoplodon peruvianus: Information Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi reports that M. peruvianus can most easily be mistaken for Hector's beaked whale (Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, 2001). animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Mesoplodon_peruvianus.html baikal seal Mesoplodon hectori (Hector's beaked whale) Mesoplodon layardii (Strap-toothed whale) ... Common Name: Baikal Seal or Nerpa. Class: Mammalia. Order: Pinnipedia www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/baikal_seal.htm LMG 02-01A Cetacean Passive Acoustics Sperm whales clicks, as well as unidentified beaked whale species (possibly Hector’s beaked whale) whistles were heard on sonobuoys deployed in the Drake Passage. www.ccpo.odu.edu/Research/globec/iwc_collab/sonobuoys.htm bottlenose dolphin Mesoplodon hectori (Hector's beaked whale) Mesoplodon layardii (Strap-toothed whale) ... Common Name: Bottlenose Dolphin. Class: Mammalia. Order www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/bottlenose_dolphin.htm beaked whales Hector's beaked whale Mesoplodon hectori. The specific name, hectori, is named for James Hector (1834-1907), a curator of the Wellington Museum in New Zealand. www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/beaked_whales.htm
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