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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 ...
Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-beaked whale, or ziphius (Ziphius cavirostris) is the most widely distributed of all beaked whales in the family Ziphiidae. [7] It is smaller than most baleen whales —and indeed the larger toothed cetaceans (like orca and sperm whales )—yet it is large among the beaked whales and smaller cetaceans, appearing ...
Size of Baird's beaked whale compared to an average human Size of Arnoux's beaked whale compared to an average human Size of Sato's beaked whale compared to a human. The two established species, Baird's and Arnoux's beaked whales, have very similar features and would be indistinguishable at sea if they did not exist in disjoint locations. [33]
Size comparison of an average human and a Baird's beaked whale: Date: 7 September 2019: Source: modified from File:Baird's beaked whale size.svg by HLHJ using information from: (30 August 2019).
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale: Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958: DD: Unknown 1.5 t (1.7 short tons) Gray's beaked whale: Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876: LC: Unknown 1.5 t (1.7 short tons) Hector's beaked whale: Mesoplodon hectori Gray, 1871: DD: Unknown 1 t (1.1 short tons) Hubbs' beaked whale: Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 ...
A pod of Baird's beaked whales surfacing. The species reaches lengths of about 11.9 metres (39 ft) for males and 12.8 metres (42 ft) for females. [6] The snout, called a beak, is elongated and lacks all teeth except for one or two sets in the lower mandible, which are called "battle teeth" for their use in intra-species conflict.
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The northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) is a species of beaked whale in the ziphiid family, being one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon.The northern bottlenose whale was hunted heavily by Norway and Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries.