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Hector's beaked whale
Order : Cetacea
Suborder : Odontoceti
Family : Ziphiidae
Species : Mesoplodon hectori
The Hector's beaked whale, skew-beaked whale is listed as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Hector
A young / baby of a Hector is called a 'calf'. The females are called 'cow' and males 'bull'. A Hector group is called a 'gam, pod or herd'.Countries
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, South Africa, Tonga and Vanuatu
Facts about the Hector's beaked whale
Description: Hector's beaked whales are one of the smallest members of the beaked whale family.
Distribution: Hector's beaked whales are known mainly from the southern hemisphere, south of the Tropic of Capricorn.
Geographical Distribution: Hector's beaked whale is primarily a Southern Hemisphere cool temperate species.
Hector's Beaked Whale is known from records in the Southern Hemisphere, mainly Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Falkland Isles, and some countries of South America.
Hector's beaked whales are known to feed on squid, and the remains of an unidentified invertebrate have been found in the stomach of an animal stranded in California.
Hector's Beaked Whale or Mesoplodon hectori is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . (Full text)
The Hector's Beaked Whale is a [CITIES-listed Endangered Species] (Full text)
Hector's beaked whale, skew-beaked whale Hector's beaked whales are one of the smallest of the beaked whale family. (Full text)
AKA: New Zealand beaked whale, skew-beaked whale Hector's beaked whales are dark gray to brown with light undersides and have two teeth that can be seen when the mouth is closed in both sexes. (Full text)
Hector's Beaked Whales are dark greyish-brown dorsally, paler ventrally and may have white or pale lower jaws. (Full text)
However, the teeth of male Hector's Beaked Whales are positioned 2-3cm behind the tip of the lower jaw, rather than right at the tip. (Full text)
Hector's beaked whales are one of the smallest of the beaked whale family. (Full text)
Hector's Beaked Whale distribution map Distribution:Hector's Beaked Whale is known from records in the Southern Hemisphere, mainly Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Falkland Isles, and some countries of South America. (Full text)
Distribution Hector's beaked whale is circumglobal in temperate waters of the southern hemisphere. (Full text)
Hector's beaked whales are known to feed on squid (Jefferson et al. (Full text)
The Hector's Beaked Whale is dark brown to gray above and lighter below. (Full text)
World Range & HabitatHector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori, is found in the Southern Hemisphere: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Falkland Islands, and South America. (Full text)
Mesoplodon hectori is now known only from the Southern Hemisphere. (Full text)
Length: longest—blue whale Balaenoptera musculus is 70 feet (21 meters); shortest—Hector's beaked whale Mesoplodon hectori is 4. (Full text)
Hector's Beaked Whale Hector's Beaked Whale is known from records in the Southern Hemisphere, mainly Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Falkland Isles, and some countries of South America. (Full text)
1. Hector -- ((Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who has killed by Achilles during the Trojan War)Hector
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