Mesoplodon layardii

Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865:358. TYPE LOCALITY: Probably South Africa. DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere, temperate waters. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea. ISIS NUMBER: 5301411005004009001.Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, pp. 290-304 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 301, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735298