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Mesoplodon perrini, Perrin's beaked whale <!--페린부리고래-->
Subject: Mesoplodon perrini, Perrin's beaked whale
Source: http://www.cms.int/reports/small_cetaceans/data/...
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Mesoplodon perrini, Perrin's beaked whale


CMS: Mesoplodon perrini, Perrin's beaked whale

English: Perrin's beaked whale
German: Perrin's-Zweizahnwal
Spanish: Zifio de Perrin
French: Mésoplodon de Perrin

Drawing of Mesoplodon Perrini by courtesy of P. Folkens@cetacea.de
(see "
links
").
1. Description
Dalebout et al. (2002) describe
Mesoplodon perrini
, a new
species of beaked whale, on the basis of five animals stranded on
the coast of California (between 33°55'N, 117°15'W and 36°37'N,
121°55'W) from May, 1975 to September, 1997. Four of these animals
were initially identified as Hector's beaked whales

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