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Cuvier's beaked whale
Order : Cetacea
Suborder : Odontoceti
Family : Ziphiidae
Species : Ziphius cavirostris
The Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-beaked whale, goosebeak 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 Cuvier
A young / baby of a Cuvier is called a 'calf'. The females are called 'cow' and males 'bull'. A Cuvier group is called a 'gam, pod or herd'.Countries
Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Comoros, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), France, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Panama, Portugal, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela
Facts about the Cuvier's beaked whale
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Cuvier's Beaked WhaleStatus Unknown Scientific Classification Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Chordata Class:Mammalia Order:Cetacea Suborder:Odontoceti Family:Ziphidae Genus:Ziphius Species:cavirostris Binomial name Ziphius caviorstris Cuvier's Beaked Whale is the most widely distributed of all the beaked whales.
Cuvier's Beaked Whale is one of the most widespread in its family, occuring in all save the polar seas.
Remarks Ziphius cavirostris is the most cosmopolitan of the beaked whales.
The large Cuvier's Beaked or Goose-beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) is also very rare around Crete.
Recordings of pulsed sounds (clicks) from Cuvier's beaked whales are presented. (Full text)
Cuvier's Beaked Whales are variable in many respects. (Full text)
Help with Terminology Cuvier's beaked whales are relatively robust, as beaked whales go. (Full text)
subject, fact, goose-beaked whale, has scientific name Ziphius cavirostris, is a kind of beaked whale, . (Full text)
range map DISTRIBUTION Cuvier's beaked whales are found in all the oceans of the world except the polar regions of both hemispheres. (Full text)
Comment MMIC17: If resonance phenomena are implicated in tissue damage observed in the beaked whales, it should be noted that the resonant frequency of airspace in Ziphius cavirostris is reported to be 75 Hz at 100 m (328 ft) depth (derived from D'Amico, 1998), which happens to be the center ATOC frequency. (Full text)
Cuvier's Beaked Whales are widely distributed in tropical to subpolar waters. (Full text)
The head of Cuvier's Beaked Whale is short and blunt, with a gently sloping forehead, a small, poorly defined beak, and an indistinct melon. (Full text)
org The Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris is one of the most common whales in its family, and is found in all temperate and tropical seas, commonly in deep water of the coasts of Japan, Hawaii, and New Zealand. (Full text)
Cuvier's Beaked Whale is the most widely distributed of all the beaked whales. (Full text)
World Range & HabitatThe Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris is one of the most common whales in its family, and is found in all temperate and tropical seas, commonly in deep water of the coasts of Japan, Hawaii, and New Zealand. (Full text)
Cuvier’s beaked whales are amongst the more unusual and rare cetacean sightings globally. (Full text)
beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) is a medium sized cetacean, which resembles a big and strange dolphin, and measures up to 6 metres of length. (Full text)
Scientific Classification :Animalia :Chordata :Mammalia :Cetacea :Odontoceti :Ziphidae :Ziphius :cavirostris Binomial name Ziphius caviorstris Cuvier's Beaked Whale range Cuvier's Beaked Whale is the most widely distributed of all the beaked whales. (Full text)