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Taxon: Species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 - Cuvier's beaked whale (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  G. Cuvier, 1823
Original name:  Cuvier, G. 1823:350.
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Original generic combination: 

Types

Type, by original designation, of: Ziphius (Genus) Cuvier, 1823

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Delphinorhynchus australis Burmeister, 1865 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus desmarestii (Risso, 1826) Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Epiodon chathamensis (Hector, 1873) Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Epiodon cryptodon Gray, 1868 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Hyperoodon capensis Gray, 1865 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Hyperoodon doumetii J. E. Gray Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Hyperoodon gervaisii (Duvernoy, 1851) Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Hyperoodon semijunctus (Cope, 1865) Ref: PBDB: 26 Jun 2021.
Synonymous name: Ziphiorrhynchus cryptodon Burmeister, 1866 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Ziphius australis (Burmeister, 1865) Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Ziphius grebnitzkii Stejneger, 1883 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Ziphius indicus P.-J. van Bénéden, 1863 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: dolfijn van Cuvier

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: Cuvier's beaked whale Ref: 1994
: goose-beaked whale
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