Ziphiidae - Beaked Whales |
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 There are around 21 species of medium-sized toothed whales in this family.
Ziphiids
are found in all the world's oceans. They have long, slender beaks; small dorsal fins; and short, rounded or pointed flippers.
They have grooves on their throats and are brown or gray. Ziphiids eat fish and squid and are rarely found in shallow water.
World Status Key
 Least Concern  Near Threatened  Vulnerable  Endangered  Critically Endangered  Extinct in Wild  Extinct  Not Enough Data
Status and range is taken from ICUN Redlist.
U.S. Status Key
 Threatened in US  Endangered in US  Introduced
Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife. Click on U.S. status icon to go to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife species profile. |
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New Hampshire Status Key
 Threatened in NH  Endangered in NH  Breeds in NH (birds)
Status taken from NH Fish and Game |
Location Key
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Andrew's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon bowdoini
Andrew's beaked whale is found in temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Arnoux's Beaked Whale - Berardius arnuxii
Arnoux's beaked whale is a circumpolar species found in deep ocean waters of the Southern Hemisphere.
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Arnoux's Beaked Whale - Berardius arnuxii
Arnoux's beaked whale is 26-39 feet in length.
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Baird's Beaked Whale - Berardius bairdii
Baird's beaked whale is found in deep ocean waters in the North Pacific Ocean from waters nears Japan and southern California north to the Bearing Sea.
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Baird's Beaked Whale - Berardius bairdii
Baird's beaked whale is around 30-36 feet in length.
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Baird's Beaked Whale - Berardius bairdii
Baird's beaked whale weights over 26,000 pounds.
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Blainville's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon densirostris
Blainville's beaked whale is found in temperate and tropical ocean waters in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is also found in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
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Blainville's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon densirostris
In the Western Atlantic, Blainesville's beaked whale is found from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea north to Nova Scotia.
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Blainville's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon densirostris
Blainesville's beaked whales are usually found at depths of 3,300 feet.
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Cuvier's Beaked Whale - Ziphius cavirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale is found in ocean waters around the world, except for the polar regions. It is also found in the Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, Sea of Japan, and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Cuvier's Beaked Whale - Ziphius cavirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale is found in deep ocean waters and can live to be 60 years old. In the Western Atlantic, it is found off the continental shelf edge from Florida to Canada.
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Cuvier's Beaked Whale - Ziphius cavirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale is also known as the goose-beaked whale.
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Gervais' Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon europaeus
Gervais' beaked whale is found across much of the western and eastern Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
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Gervais' Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon europaeus
Gervais' beaked whales are sometimes called Antillean or Gulf Stream beaked whales.
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Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon ginkgodens
The ginkgo-toothed beaked whale is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, including off the coast of southern California.
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Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon ginkgodens
The ginkgo-toothed beaked whale is around 17 feet in length.
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Gray's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon grayi
Gray's beaked whale is found in temperate ocean waters of the Southern Hemisphere.
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Gray's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon grayi
Gray's beaked whales are 16-19 feet in length.
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Hector's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon hectori
Hector's beaked whale is found cold temperate ocean waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans in the southern hemisphere.
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Hubbs' Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
Hubbs' beaked whale is found in the North Pacific Ocean from central British Columbia south to southern California and west to Japan.
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Hubbs' Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
Hubbs' beaked whale is also known as the Arch-beaked Whale.
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Indo-pacific Beaked Whale - Indopacetus pacificus
The Indo-pacific beaked whale is found in tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, including along the coast of southern California.
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Indo-pacific Beaked Whale - Indopacetus pacificus
The Indo-pacific beaked whale is also known as Longman's beaked whale.
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Northern Bottlenosed Whale - Hyperoodon ampullatus
The northern bottlenosed whale is found in the North Atlantic Ocean, including along the coast of New England.
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Northern Bottlenosed Whale - Hyperoodon ampullatus
The northern bottlenosed whale has a short bottle-like beak and a bulbous melon (forehead).
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Northern Bottlenosed Whale - Hyperoodon ampullatus
Northern bottlenosed whales are the largest members of the beaked whale family in the North Atlantic Ocean
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Perrin's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon perrini
Perrin's beaked whale is know from just a handful of specimens found in southern California.
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Pygmy Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon peruvianus
The pygmy beaked whale is known from just a handful of specimens and sightings in the southeast Pacific from the Gulf of California south to Chile.
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Shepherd's Beaked Whale - Tasmacetus shepherdi
Shepherd's beaked whale is known from a few dozen sighting in the ocean waters in the Southern Hemisphere including off the coasts of southern Australia, New Zealand, and southern South America.
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Southern Bottlenose Whale - Hyperoodon planifrons
The southern bottlenose whale is a circumpolar species found in the ocean waters of the Southern Hemisphere.
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Southern Bottlenose Whale - Hyperoodon planifrons
The southern bottlenose whale is found in the waters of the Antarctic icepack in the summer.
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Sowerby's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon bidens
Sowerby's beaked whale is found deep waters in the eastern and western North Atlantic, including along the coast of New England.
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Sowerby's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon bidens
Sowerby's beaked whale eats squid, octopus, and fish.
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Sowerby's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon bidens
Sowerby's beaked whale are also known as the North Atlantic beaked whale.
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Spade-toothed Whale - Mesoplodon traversii
The spade-toothed whales is known from just a few specimens, two from New Zealand and one from Chile.
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Stejneger's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon stejnegeri
Stejneger's beaked whale is found in the northern Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea south to southern California, west to Japan.
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Stejneger's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon stejnegeri
Stejneger's beaked whale can be 10-23 feet in length.
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Stejneger's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon stejnegeri
Stejneger's beaked whale is also known as the Bering Sea beaked whale or the saber-toothed whale.
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Strap-toothed Whale - Mesoplodon layardii
The strap-toothed whale is found in cold ocean waters of the Southern Hemisphere.
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Strap-toothed Whale - Mesoplodon layardii
The strap-toothed whale is 16-20 feet in length.
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True's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon mirus
True's beaked whale is found across the northern Atlantic Ocean from Canada to Florida east to the UK south to Northern Africa. It is also found in the the Southern Hemisphere from Brazil and Argentina east to souther Australia.
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True's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon mirus
True's beaked whales are 15.5 to 17.5 feet in length.
Source: NOAA Fisheries Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
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