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Beaked whales (systematic name
Ziphiidae) are a
family of
cetaceans noted as
being one of the least-known
groups of
mammals because of
their deep-sea...
- M.
bahamondi Reyes, Van Waereb****, Cárdenas and Yáñez, 1995 (Cetacea:
Ziphiidae)" (PDF).
Marine Mammal Science. 18 (3): 609–621.
Retrieved 18 July 2024...
- 2007. A high
diversity in
fossil beaked whales (Mammalia, Odontoceti,
Ziphiidae)
recovered by
trawling from the sea
floor off
South Africa. Geodiversitas...
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Marine mammals comprise over 130
living and
recently extinct species in
three taxonomic orders. The
Society for
Marine Mammalogy, an
international scientific...
- cavirostris) is the most
widely distributed of all
beaked whales in the
family Ziphiidae. It is
smaller than most
baleen whales—and
indeed the
larger toothed cetaceans...
- A
beaked whale is any of at
least 22
species of
whale in the
family Ziphiidae.
Several species have only been
described in the last two decades. Six...
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There are 84
mammal species (with two uncertain)
recorded in
Sweden according to the IUCN Red List. Two are endangered, one is
vulnerable as well now extinct...
- off
North Cape (Otou), New Zealand.
Unlike all
other known members of
Ziphiidae,
there is no
evidence that the
males engage in combat,
although this may...
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whales are the only
whales in the
Ziphiidae family where both ****es have
erupted teeth. The
teeth in the
Ziphiidae are
presumed to be used by
males for...
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beaked whale or
simply the
Tasman whale, is a
cetacean of the
family Ziphiidae and the only
species in the
genus Tasmacetus. The
whale has not been studied...
