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Marine Mammals Information Database ：Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals
Hubbs' beaked whale
Scientific Name : Mesoplodon carlhubbsi / Japanese Name : habbusuougiha-kujira
Details
| Order | Cetartiodactyla |
|---|---|
| Suborder | Odontoceti |
| Family | Ziphiidae |
| Genus | Mesoplodon |
| Species | carlhubbsi |
| 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 | 8.0ft | - | 17.5ft | - | - |
| Body weight | - | - | 1.5t | - | - |
| Feature and Habit |
|---|
| Adult males of the strap-toothed whal have distinct white patch in front of the blowhole. The tip of beak is white. The tooth is large, flattened broad, and erupts at the prominence almost half way between tip of the beak and the gape. There are long grooves at the throat. They have many scars on their body surface. They inhabit in offshore waters. They are in pods of several whales. |
| Description |
| Stranding Record(s) in Japan |
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| Sex | - | Reproductive Condition | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | - | Locality | - |
| Museum No. | - | Other No. | - |
