Mesoplodon grayi (Von Haast, 1876)
Gray´s beaked whale

Conservation Status:

• Listed in Annex 2 (threatened species) of the International Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES);
• Listed in Annex C1 (strictly protected) of Regulation 3626/82 of the European Union;
• Protected by the US Marine Mammals Protection Act (MMPA) and declared a "diminished species" (a species whose population is smaller than it should be in order to be considered healthy);
• Listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a species of which "insufficient information" is available.