Marine Mammals Information Database :Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals

Shepherd's beaked whale

Scientific Name : Tasmacetus shepherdi / Japanese Name : tasumania-kujira

Shepherd's beaked whale

Details

Order Cetartiodactyla
Suborder Odontoceti
Family Ziphiidae
Genus Tasmacetus
Species shepherdi
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
大きさ - - - - -
重さ - - - - -
Feature and Habit
No description available.
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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