Ramari Stewart

Ramari Stewart
MNZM
Stewart in 2020
Born
Ramari Evelyn Sidonie Oliphant Stewart
Scientific career
FieldsCetology

Ramari Evelyn Sidonie Oliphant Stewart MNZM is a New Zealand Māori whale expert.[1] Her iwi affiliations are Ngāti Awa, Rongomaiwahine, and Ngāti Mahuta.[2] She was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services Māori culture and wildlife conservation and research.[1] The newly discovered Ramari's beaked whale is named in her honour.[3] Stewart had assisted in the recovery and preparation of this pregnant female, thought at the time to be a True's beaked whale in 2012.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Queen's Birthday Honours 2020 – Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Queen's Birthday Honours 2020 – Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. ^ Morris, Bill. "Call of the Whales". New Zealand Geographic. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  3. ^ Carroll, Emma L.; McGowen, Michael R.; McCarthy, Morgan L.; Marx, Felix G.; Aguilar, Natacha; Dalebout, Merel L.; Dreyer, Sascha; Gaggiotti, Oscar E.; Hansen, Sabine S.; van Helden, Anton; Onoufriou, Aubrie B.; Baird, Robin W.; Baker, C. Scott; Berrow, Simon; Cholewiak, Danielle; Claridge, Diane; Constantine, Rochelle; Davison, Nicholas J.; Eira, Catarina; Fordyce, R. Ewan; Gatesy, John; Hofmeyr, G. J. Greg; Martín, Vidal; Mead, James G.; Mignucci-Giannoni, Antonio A.; Morin, Phillip A.; Reyes, Cristel; Rogan, Emer; Rosso, Massimiliano; Silva, Mónica A.; Springer, Mark S.; Steel, Debbie; Olsen, Morten Tange (27 October 2021). "Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon eueu". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 288 (1961): 20211213. doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1213. PMC 8548795. PMID 34702078. S2CID 239890028.
  4. ^ Wilson, Rebecca (13 March 2012). "Rare beaked whale seen in New Zealand for the first time | Conservation blog". blog.doc.govt.nz. Retrieved 9 February 2022.