Mesoplodon bidens, Sowerby's beaked whale
Plate 12 The Diodon of Sowerby. Hand-coloured engraving of a drawing by James Hope Stewart (1789-1856), from The Naturalist's Library, Mammalia, Vol. 12 Whales, 1833-1843, by Sir William Jardine (1800-1874).
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