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- Title
Review of Gray's beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi) in the South East Pacific.
- Authors
CANTO HERNÁNDEZ, JHOANN; D'ELIA, GUILLERMO; CADENILLAS, RICHARD; TORO, FREDERICK; BORRONI, CINTYA; CERDA, GERARDO; ESPAÑOL-JIMÉNEZ, SONIA
- Abstract
Information collected from a complete female juvenile individual of Gray's beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi) stranded on the Guanaqueros coast, Coquimbo Region in Chile (30°S) is provided. Difficulties to differentiate specimens of Gray's beaked whale and Hector's beaked whale (M. hectori) are discussed based on the use of diagnostic phenotypic characters, such as differences in color patterns and position of teeth on the lower jaw. The identification of the studied specimen as Gray's beaked whale was supported by a detailed review of cranial characters and molecular analyses. Finally, we provide an updated list containing all known Chilean records for this species.
- Subjects
BEAKED whales; MANDIBLE; TOOTHED whales
- Publication
Therya, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 3, p325
- ISSN
2007-3364
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12933/therya-22-2075