First record of True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus in New Zealand

Rochelle Constantine; Emma Louise Carroll; Ramari Stewart; Don Neale; Anton van Helden

doi:10.1017/S1755267213001140

First record of True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus in New Zealand

Rochelle Constantine, Emma Louise Carroll, Ramari Stewart, Don Neale, Anton van Helden

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Abstract

On 27 November 2011, a whale resembling a True’s beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus, was found stranded on the South Island of New Zealand. Sequencing of two mitochondrial regions (cytochrome b and mtDNA control region) confirmed species identification as a True’s beaked whale that was genetically identified as female. Further examination of the carcass found that the whale was pregnant although decomposition excluded determination of the age of the foetus. This spe- cimen is confirmed as the first record of the species in New Zealand further supporting New Zealand as a whale stranding hotspot.

Original language	English
Article number	e1
Number of pages	3
Journal	Marine Biodiversity Records
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755267213001140
Publication status	Published - 10 Jan 2014

Keywords

True’s beaked whale
Mesoplodon mirus
New Zealand
Genetic identification

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First record of True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus in New Zealand

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