Marine Mammals Information Database :Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals

Gervais' beaked whale

Scientific Name : Mesoplodon europaeus / Japanese Name : higashiamerikaougiha-kujira

Gervais' beaked whale

Details

Order Cetartiodactyla
Suborder Odontoceti
Family Ziphiidae
Genus Mesoplodon
Species europaeus
Subspecies -
Subtype -
CITES Appendix II IUCN RedData Status Data Deficient
Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw - Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw -
At birth At weaning Adult Adult male Adult female
Body length - - 15-17.0ft - -
Body weight - - - - -
Feature and Habit
The body is laterally compressed. The head is very small and the rostrum is slender. The tooth is triangular in shape, and locates at about one- third of the distance from the tip of the lower jaw. They inhabit in offshore waters. They are in pods of several whales.
Description
Reference:
Stranding Record(s) in Japan
No records exist.
Map

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Sex - Reproductive Condition -
Body length - Locality -
Museum No. - Other No. -

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