| Gervais's beaked whale | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Ziphiidae |
| Genus: | Mesoplodon |
| Species: | M. europaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)
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| Gervais's beaked whale range | |
Gervais's beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus), sometimes known as the Antillean beaked whale, Gulf Stream beaked whale, or European beaked whale (from which its scientific name is derived) is the most frequently stranding type of mesoplodont whale off the coast of North America. It has also stranded off South America and Africa.
- ^ Pitman, R.L.; Brownell Jr.; R.L. (2020). "Mesoplodon europaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13245A50365198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13245A50365198.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.