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Marine Mammals Information Database ：Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals
Cuvier's beaked whale
Scientific Name : Ziphius cavirostris / Japanese Name : akabou-kujira
Details
| Order | Cetartiodactyla |
|---|---|
| Suborder | Odontoceti |
| Family | Ziphiidae |
| Genus | Ziphius |
| Species | cavirostris |
| Subspecies | - |
| Subtype | - |
| CITES Appendix | II | IUCN RedData Status | Least Concern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw | - | Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw | 1 |
| At birth | At weaning | Adult | Adult male | Adult female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 大きさ | 6.5-10ft | - | 22.0-23.0ft | - | - |
| 重さ | - | - | 2-3t | - | - |
| Feature and Habit |
|---|
| Contour line from the inconspicuous beak to the forehead is smooth. They have a depression behind the blowhole. The dorsal fin locates two-third of the body length from the tip of rostrum. A pair of conical teeth erupt at the tip of the lower jaw in (ripe) mature male not in females and immature males). Body color is variable, gray to brown, yellow-ish brown, and white. As they grow up, their body Body colors change to white as they grow older. They (often) usually have many white scratches or round (hurt) scars. They inhabit in offshore waters. |
| Description |
| Stranding Record(s) in Japan |
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Marine Mammals Skull Database
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| Sex | - | Reproductive Condition | adult |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | - | Locality | Sagami Bay, Shizuoka Pre |
| Museum No. | - | Other No. | - |
