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Mesoplodont whales are 16
species of
toothed whale in the
genus Mesoplodon,
making it the
largest genus in the
cetacean order. Two
species were described...
- densirostris), or the dense-beaked whale, is
believed to be the
widest ranging mesoplodont whale. The
French zoologist Henri de
Blainville first described the species...
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scientific name is derived), is the most
frequently stranding type of
mesoplodont whale off the
coast of
North America. It has also
stranded off South...
- Deraniyagala's
beaked whale (Mesoplodon hotaula) is a
species of
mesoplodont whale closely related to the ginkgo-toothed
beaked whale. Deraniyagala's...
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beaked whale range from two to ten individuals.
Social structure of
mesoplodonts in
general is
largely understudied, due to the
difficulty of observing...
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Peruvian beaked whale and
lesser beaked whale, is the
smallest of the
mesoplodonts and one of the
newest discoveries.
There were at
least two
dozen sightings...
- ****an, in July 2002. Longman's
beaked whales look
rather similar to both
mesoplodont beaked whales and
bottlenose whales,
which led to a
great deal of taxonomic...
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North Sea
beaked whale, is a
species of
toothed whale. It was the
first mesoplodont whale to be described.
James Sowerby, an
English naturalist and artist...
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cranial and
dental anatomy. Some
differences exist between it and
other mesoplodonts, such as the
relatively large width of the rostrum. Its
appearance might...
- planifrons)
Indopacetus Tropical bottlenose whale (I. pacificus)
Mesoplodon (
Mesoplodont whales) Sowerby's
beaked whale (M. bidens) Andrews'
beaked whale (M....
