Marine Mammals Information Database :Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals

Sowerby's beaked whale

Scientific Name : Mesoplodon bidens / Japanese Name : yooroppaougiha-kujira

Sowerby's beaked whale

Details

Order Cetartiodactyla
Suborder Odontoceti
Family Ziphiidae
Genus Mesoplodon
Species bidens
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 8ft 10ft 16.5ft - -
Body weight - - - - -
Feature and Habit
The teeth is small and pointed, situating almost middle of the mandiblebetween rostral tip and the gape. This whales inhabit in offshore waters.
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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