Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 107:371, pls. 1-5.

TYPE LOCALITY: New Zealand, North Island, "cast upon the beach at Ohawe, in the province of Taranaki."

DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere: cold-temperate waters, particularly off New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and Tristan de Cunha.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989a).