Genus Mesoplodon (Gray's beaked whale)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Cetacea
  • ---- family: Hyperoodontidae
  • ----- genus: Mesoplodon
Characteristics:carnivore; length: 4-6 m; small dorsal fin and narrow flippers; a beak of variable length blends with the small melon (dome-like shaped forehead);
Countries:
MZ
Mozambique
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 262
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/22986836
Place: Kennebunk, Parson's Beach, York, Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic Ocean
Creator: National Museum of Natural History Collections
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: MMP USNM 572954 Mesoplodon bidens head
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/32010494
Date: 2009-05-01
Creator: NOAA NMFS SWFSC PRD
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/28608660
Creator: Ecomare
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Comments: Beaked whale; Spitssnuitdolfijn.
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