The Species Black List

Tasmacetus shepherdi

Shepherd's beaked whale

Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi) is known only from a small number of at-sea sightings and a few dozen strandings in the temperate waters of New Zealand, Argentina, Tristan da Cunha, Australia, and the Juan Fernández Islands.

Status

Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List

Restriction tier

2, restricted, extent unclear

Class

Mammalia

Realm

Oceanic

Locality

Juan Fernández Islands

As IUCN records it

Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937