Mesoplodon stejnegeri
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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CETACEA
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Family:
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ZIPHIIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Mesoplodon stejnegeri
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Species Authority:
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True, 1885
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | BERING SEA BEAKED WHALE, SABER-TOOTHED WHALE, STEJNEGER'S BEAKED WHALE |
| French | — | MÉSOPLODON DE STEJNEGER |
| Spanish | — | BALLENA DE PICO DE STEJNEGER, ZIFIO DE STEJNEGER |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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DD ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Cetacean Specialist Group
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History:
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| 1994 | - | Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994) |
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
Canada; Japan; Russian Federation; United States
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FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
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Native:
Pacific-eastern central; Pacific-northeast; Pacific-northwest
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Habitat and Ecology
Threats
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Threats:
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"Mesoplodonts have been taken occasionally by whalers but are not presently the main targets of any hunt. Entanglement in fishing gear, especially gillnets in deep water (e.g., for billfish and tuna), is probably the most significant threat. In addition, there is evidence that mesoplodonts are susceptible to acoustic trauma caused, for example, by military activities (Rowles et al. 2000; Anonymous 2001)." (Reeves et al. 2003, p. 54)
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