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Monotypic taxon: Genus Ziphius Cuvier, 1823 - goose-beaked whale (mammal)

Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			G. Cuvier, 1823
Original name	:			Cuvier, G. 1823:352.
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Original spelling	:

Types

Type of	:	*Ziphiinae* (Subfamily) Gray, 1850		Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 130. [inferred]
Type, by original designation	:	*Ziphius cavirostris* Cuvier, 1823

Synonyms

Synonymous name	:	*Aliama* (Genus) Gray, 1864		Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Diodon* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758		Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Epiodon* (Genus) Rafinesque, 1814		Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Hypodon* (Genus) Haldeman, 1841		Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Petrorhynchus* (Genus) Gray, 1865		Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Ziphiorrhynchus* (Genus) Burmeister, 1865		Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name

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goose-beaked whale

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