Sowerby’s Beaked Whales, Mesoplodon bidens, is the slimmest species of Beaked Whale belonging to the Mesoplodon genus. Sowerby’s beaked whale (aka the North Atlantic beaked whale) is a small to medium-sized whale that can be found traveling in the North Atlantic Ocean.. The first beaked whale to be discovered, this species prefers the deep, cold, temperate and subarctic waters throughout the North Atlantic Ocean, but has also been reported near the ice pack. Sowerby's beaked whales, sometimes known as the "North Atlantic beaked whale," are little known members of the beaked whale family, Ziphiidae. Sowerby's beaked whale was the first of the beaked whales to be discovered after a stranding in the Moray Firth in 1800. Other names: North Sea beaked whale, North Atlantic beaked whale Their scientific name, bidens, derives from Latin and refers to the pair of teeth present in mature males. Other names: North Sea beaked whale, North Atlantic beaked whale Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) – generally very shy animals with a long beak. Most of the information we have about Sowerby’s beaked whales is taken from strandings, very few have ever been seen at sea. When seen, they are in groups of 2-8 individuals.
Latin name : Mesoplodon bidens Suborder : Odotonceti; Family: Ziphiidae; Length : up to 5.5 meters

Sowerby's beaked whale was the first of the beaked whales to be discovered after a stranding in the Moray Firth in 1800. This whale makes up one of over 15 known species of beaked whale and is one of 80 + marine mammals within the cetacean family.

Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens), also known as the North Atlantic or 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, first described the species in 1804 from a skull obtained from a male that had stranded in the Moray Firth, Scotland, in 1800.
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