ISBN: | 978-5-5111-8053-3 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Perrin`s beaked whale (Mesoplodon perrini) is the newest species of beaked whale to be described. The first two specimens were found in May 1975 stranded on the California coast, with two more specimens being found in 1978 and 1979, and the last in September 1997. They were initially identified as Hector`s beaked whale (Mesoplodon hectori), except for the most recent one, which was assumed to be a neonate Cuvier`s beaked whale.