| Home ≫ Research, Specimens and Materials ≫ Specimens & Database ≫ Marine Mammals Information DATABASE ≫ Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals ≫ Baird's beaked whale |
Marine Mammals Information Database ：Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals
Baird's beaked whale
Scientific Name : Berardius bairdii / Japanese Name : tsuchi-kujira
Details
| Order | Cetartiodactyla |
|---|---|
| Suborder | Odontoceti |
| Family | Ziphiidae |
| Genus | Berardius |
| Species | bairdii |
| Subspecies | - |
| Subtype | - |
| CITES Appendix | I | IUCN RedData Status | Data Deficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw | - | Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw | 2 |
| At birth | At weaning | Adult | Adult male | Adult female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | 15.0ft | - | 33-42.5ft | - | - |
| Body weight | - | - | 10t | - | - |
| Feature and Habit |
|---|
| Body is long and round in cross section. The well-defined melon continues to the long and tube-like beak sharp at an abrupt angle. The dorsal fin is small, triangular in shape, and locates two-third of the body length from the tip of rostrum. Males have two pairs of flattened teeth near the tip of lower jaw. One pair of them is visible when their mouth is closed. The throat grooves are 70cm long. Some whales have the little groove in the middle. Body color is black, brown or gray and they have little patch at the ventral side. They have many scars caused by other males of the same species. |
| Description |
| Stranding Record(s) in Japan |
| Map ▼ |
Marine Mammals Skull Database
A click on the skull thumb nail will bring you to detailed images.
| Sex | M | Reproductive Condition | adult |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | 1066 | Locality | Off Shirahama, Chiba |
| Museum No. | - | Other No. | - |
