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Marine Mammals Information Database ：Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals
Gervais' beaked whale
Scientific Name : Mesoplodon europaeus / Japanese Name : higashiamerikaougiha-kujira
Details
| Order | Cetartiodactyla |
|---|---|
| Suborder | Odontoceti |
| Family | Ziphiidae |
| Genus | Mesoplodon |
| Species | europaeus |
| 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 | - | - | 15-17.0ft | - | - |
| Body weight | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feature and Habit |
|---|
| The body is laterally compressed. The head is very small and the rostrum is slender. The tooth is triangular in shape, and locates at about one- third of the distance from the tip of the lower jaw. They inhabit in offshore waters. They are in pods of several whales. |
| 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. | - |
