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NRLD - 103383 | Mesoplodon densirostris

Assessment ID
103383
Taxon name
Mesoplodon densirostris
de Blainville, 1817
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Mesoplodon densirostris
de Blainville, 1817
Common name(s)
Baleine à bec de Blainville
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
cetacea
Family
ziphiidae
Genus
Mesoplodon
Species
densirostris
Species authority
de Blainville, 1817
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
France (Mainland And Corsica)
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
France
Country ISO code(s)
FRA
FR-20R
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Not Applicable
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2009
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Assessors: Jean-Benoît Charrassin, Frank Dupraz, Sami Hassani, Olivier Van Canneyt. Evaluators: Patrick Haffner, Florian Kirchner
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.nationalredlist.org/App_Files_Uploaded/RedListFranceMammals.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
La Liste rouge des espèces menacées en France 2009
UICN France, MNHN, SFEPM & ONCFS (2009). La Liste rouge des espèces menacées en France -Chapitre Mammifères de France métropolitaine. Paris, France.