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- Title
An extreme extra-limital record of a strap-toothed beaked whale Mesoplodon layardii from the northern Indian Ocean in Myanmar.
- Authors
Chit, Aung Myo; Smith, Brian D.; Tun, Mya Than
- Abstract
On 29 February 2011 a strap-toothed beaked whale Mesoplodon layardii stranded in the mouth of the Pyin Sa Lu and Thaung Du rivers bordering the northern Indian Ocean in Myanmar at approximately 16°N of the equator. This stranding occurred more than 5000 km from the normal distribution of the species in cold temperate waters below 35°S. Mesoplodonts are the most poorly known of all cetaceans; however, due to the large number of documented strandings and the species' distinctive appearance, the distribution of strap-toothed beaked whales is probably the best known of the genus. For these reasons, the Myanmar stranding is believed to be an anomalous extra-limital occurrence rather than an extension of the species' normal distribution.
- Subjects
MYANMAR; INDIAN Ocean; MESOPLODON; ZOOGEOGRAPHY; STRAP-toothed whale; BEACHING of whales
- Publication
Marine Biodiversity Records, 2012, Vol 5, p00
- ISSN
1755-2672
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1755267211001060