Population and Distribution
The Strap-toothed whale is distributed in cool temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere between 30° S and the Antarctic Convergence. It may occur south of 38° S year-round moving north of 38° S seasonally. As of 1991, there are about 140 records (nearly all strandings) of this species from New Zealand (50, including one sighting), Australia (over 40), southern Africa (about 40), southern Argentina and Tierra del Fuego (10), southern Chile (4), Falkland Islands (3), and Uruguay (1). Strandings have also been reported from Heard Island, the Kerguelen Islands, and Brazil. More recently one individual was seen breaching between the South Orkney Islands and South Georgia.
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