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Marine Mammals Information Database ：Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals
True's beaked whale
Scientific Name : Mesoplodon mirus / Japanese Name : akaboumodoki
Details
| Order | Cetartiodactyla |
|---|---|
| Suborder | Odontoceti |
| Family | Ziphiidae |
| Genus | Mesoplodon |
| Species | mirus |
| 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 | - | - | 16.5-17.5ft | - | - |
| Body weight | - | - | 1.4t | - | - |
| Feature and Habit |
|---|
| Body is robust. The whales have sipression behind the blowhole. The melon(forehead) is slightly round. They have single pair of small, flattened and triangular teeth near the tip of the lower jaw. They inhabit in offshore waters. |
| Description |
| Stranding Record(s) in Japan |
| No records exist. Map ▼ |
Marine Mammals Skull Database
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| Sex | - | Reproductive Condition | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | - | Locality | - |
| Museum No. | - | Other No. | - |
