References. BEAKED WHALES Baird's Beaked Whale Cuvier's Beaked Whale Northern Bottlenose Whale. Cuvier’s beaked whale faces a number of threats to its well being although the The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species classes it as ”Least Concern ver 3.1.” They are known to become entangled in fishing nets and equipment and to have suffered from ship strikes.

When seen at the surface, they are observed rolling their head from side to side. Cuvier’s have flipper pockets, a special adaption for diving which allows them to tuck their flippers in and make their bodies super-streamlined. Name of animal-plant: Cuvier's beaked whale Species name: Ziphius cavirostris Animal type: M_MAMMAL Subcategory: whale Fact: All animals and plants are given a species name based on a technical term in biological taxnomy. Your contribution will be appreciated to improve our site.

Cuviers’s Beaked Whale is the most widely distributed of the beaked whales and looks like a 20-foot long Bottlenose Dolphin with an attitude problem. Cuvier’s beaked whales are the champion divers amongst whales – they hold the record for the deepest and longest dive for any mammal. This is due to the fact that they tend to spend so much time at deeper water levels below the surface.

They are found in most oceans and seas worldwide, and have the Cuvier's beaked whales, sometimes called "goose-beaked whales," are members of the beaked whale family.

HABITAT Generally present in deep waters past the sting of the continental cabinets and normally seen in water depths of higher than 3,300 ft (1,000 m). There isn’t very much known about behaviors for the Cuvier’s Beaked Whale. Despite being the second largest Family, they are one of the least known.

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These strictly oceanic, deep diving whales have an inconspicuous surfacing behaviour and are hard to observe at sea. Beaked whales are a cetacean family that includes 21 species. Cuvier’s Beaked Whale Behavior. Cuvier's Beaked Whale Range Species Fact: Like other beaked whales, Cuvier's beaked whales are skittish and will avoid ships. What is a spectrogram?

The species name consists of two words and is based on Latin. ERRORS in the site, please contact us. The most commonly observed of this group is the Cuvier’s beaked whale.
The content in this site was created from the following resources. The widest distribution of any beaked whale species, being present in tropical to cold-temperate waters of all of the world’s oceans. They are one of the most frequently sighted species of beaked whales in the world.