New whale from old bones

John E. Heyning ()
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Nature, 2002, vol. 417, issue 6891, 801-801

Abstract: Recognition of a new species of living cetacean is a rare event. But following the DNA analysis of specimens held in museum collections,Mesoplodon perrini, a type of beaked whale, has made its debut.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1038/417801a

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