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Beaked Whales
Ziphiidae
Beaked whales are the members of the family Ziphiidae, which consists of 22 species. These toothed whales are notable for their elongated beaks. Among air-breathing animals, beaked whales are some of the most extreme divers: Cuvier's beaked whales regularly dive for an hour at a depth over 1,000 m (3,300 ft), and the longest and deepest foraging dive recorded is 137.5 minutes at 2,992 m (9,816 ft). This is the greatest dive-depth known for a mammal.
6 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 24 known species
Goose-beaked Whales
genusZiphius
Mesoplodont Beaked Whales
genusMesoplodon
Bottlenose Whales
genusHyperoodon
Giant Beaked Whales
genusBerardius
Tasmacetus
genusTasmacetus
Indo-Pacific Beaked Whales
genusIndopacetus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41401.