Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Odontoceti > Family Ziphiidae

Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dioplodon*	Gervais, 1855	synonym

Children

Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)
Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958
Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876
Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871)
Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913

Literature

original description	Gervais, P. (1850). Zoologie et paléontologie françaises (animaux vertébrés) : ou nouvelles recherches sur les animaux vivants et fossiles de la France. Chapitre Deuxieme. 1: 137-199.
basis of record	Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.
additional source	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137034