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Stejneger's beaked whale
Order : Cetacea
Suborder : Odontoceti
Family : Ziphiidae
Species : Mesoplodon stejnegeri
The Bering sea beaked whale, saber-toothed whale, stejneger's 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 Stejneger
A young / baby of a Stejneger is called a 'calf'. The females are called 'cow' and males 'bull'. A Stejneger group is called a 'gam, pod or herd'.
Facts about the Stejneger's beaked whale
Description: Stejneger's beaked whales are not seen at sea very often.
Geographical Distribution: Stejneger's beaked whales are found in continental slope and oceanic waters of the North Pacific Basin, from southern California, north to the Bering Sea, and south to the Sea of Japan.
Stejneger's Beaked Whale is a little-known, and little-seen, cetacean.
Stejneger's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon stejnegeri Although one of the largest of the beaked whales, Stejneger's beaked whale is also one of the most obscure, and is the least known of the beaked whales found in Canadian waters.
Bering Sea Beaked Whale or Mesoplodon stejnegeri is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . (Full text)
The Stejneger's Beaked Whale is a [CITIES-listed Endangered Species] (Full text)
Stejneger's beaked whales are found in continental slope and oceanic waters of the North Pacific Basin, from southern California, north to the Bering Sea, and south to the Sea of Japan. (Full text)
stejnegeri AKA: Bering Sea, saber-toothed or North Pacific beaked whale Stejneger's beaked whales are brownish with light gray to white undersides, the head generally lighter than (Full text)
Stejneger's beaked whales are brown/grey/black bodied. (Full text)
Biology and Behaviour Stejneger's Beaked Whale is inconspicuous at sea and seldom seen alive. (Full text)
Threats Several Stejneger's beaked whales are known to have been taken in salmon driftnets off Japan, and there have probably been occasional direct catches of this species off Japan and possibly elsewhere (Jefferson et al. (Full text)
It was assumed that Stejneger's beaked whales are present year round in the Gulf of Alaska gyre because there is no seasonality to the strandings. (Full text)
Threats Several Stejneger's beaked whales are known to have been taken in salmon driftnets off Japan, and there have probably been occasional direct (Full text)
World Range & HabitatStejneger's beaked whale, Mesoplodon stejnegeri, is found from the Bering Sea to the coasts of California and Japan in deep, temperate waters of the Northern Pacific Ocean far from shore. (Full text)
Stejneger's Beaked Whale Stejneger's Beaked Whale is a little-known, and little-seen, cetacean. (Full text)