WoRMS taxon details
Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
231429 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231429)
accepted
Species
Dolichodon layardii Gray, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon floweri Haast, 1876 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon guentheri Krefft, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon layardi Flower, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon longirostris Gray, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon thomsoni Ogilby, 1892 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865) Gray J.E. (1865). Notes on the whales of the Cape; by E. L. Layard, Esq., of Cape-Town, Corr. Memb. with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, April 11, 1865:357--359. [details]
Note South Africa, probably off the Cape of Good Hope.
From editor or global species database
Type locality South Africa, probably off the Cape of Good Hope. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231429 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865) Gray J.E. (1865). Notes on the whales of the Cape; by E. L. Layard, Esq., of Cape-Town, Corr. Memb. with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, April 11, 1865:357--359. [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Shirihai, H. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean. Alula Press FI 510 pp. [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Shirihai, H. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean. Alula Press FI 510 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Habitat cool temperate in Southern Hemisphere, oceanic [details]Holotype "Name based on the drawings of a skull in the collection of the South African Museum, Capetown, submitted to Gray, by Mr. E. Layard; type skull presented 1869 by trustees of South African Museum to British Museum [Natural History], no. 69.4.5.2" (Hershkovitz, 1966). [details]
IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Type locality South Africa, probably off the Cape of Good Hope. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Layard-snoetwalvis | [details] |
| Dutch | Layardspitssnuitdolfijn | [details] |
| English | strap-toothed whalestrap-toothed beaked whaleLayard's beaked whale | [details] |
| French | mesoplodon de Layardbaleine à bec de Layard | [details] |
| Portuguese | baleia bicuda de Layard | [details] |
| Spanish | zifio de Layarddelfin picudo de Layardballena de diente plano | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon floweri Haast, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon longirostris Gray, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon thomsoni Ogilby, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardi Flower, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Dolichodon layardii Gray, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon layardii)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon floweri Haast, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon longirostris Gray, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon thomsoni Ogilby, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardi Flower, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Dolichodon layardii Gray, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon layardii)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
