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Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris), or the dense-beaked whale, is believed to be the widest ranging mesoplodont whale.The French zoologist Henri de Blainville first described the species in 1817 from a small piece of jaw — the heaviest bone he had ever come across — which resulted in the name densirostris (Latin for "dense beak").
Blainville's beaked whale. Beaked whales are moderate in size, ranging from 4 to 13 metres (13 to 43 ft) and weighing from 1 to 15 tonnes (0.98 to 14.76 long tons; 1.1 to 16.5 short tons). Their key distinguishing feature is the presence of a 'beak', somewhat similar to many dolphins. Other distinctive features include a pair of converging ...
Size Picture Andrews' beaked whale: Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908: DD: Unknown 1 t (1.1 short tons) Blainville's beaked whale: Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville, 1817: LC: Unknown Deraniyagala's beaked whale: Mesoplodon hotaula P. E. P. Deraniyagala, 1963: DD: Unknown Indian and South Pacific 4–5 m (13–16 ft) [cetacean needed]
Mesoplodont whales are 16 species of toothed whale in the genus Mesoplodon, making it the largest genus in the cetacean order. [2] Two species were described as recently as 1991 (pygmy beaked whale) and 2002 (Perrin's beaked whale), and marine biologists predict the discovery of more species in the future. [3]
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According to the DOC, the spade-toothed whale was first documented in 1874 from lower jaw and teeth samples collected on Pitt Island, around 500 miles off New Zealand’s west coast.
Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD; ... They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat, ...