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Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823
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Species name:
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Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823
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Taxon name:
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Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823
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Originally described in:
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Distribution:
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In the North Atlantic: from the North and Baltic Seas to the Mediterranean and from Massachussets and Rhode Island to Florida and the West Indies; in the South Atlantic: off South Africa and off Argentina; in the North Pacific: from Bering Sea to Baja California on the east, eastern Siberia and Japan on the west, and off the Hawaiian and Midway Islands; in the South Pacific: from the Bismarck Archipelago (New Ireland) to Australia and New Zealand on the west, off Chile on the east; in the Indian Ocean: from South Africa to Australia.
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Diagnosis:
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Size:
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5.5-7 m, 2000-3000 kg
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Biology:
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Schnabelwale sind selten
zu sehen und leben in
offenen, tiefen Ozeanen, wo
sie lange und tief tauchen.
Der Cuvier-Schnabelwal ist die
häufigste Art, wird gelegentlich
bei Japan gefangen, ist aber
wohl nicht bedroht. Nahrung: Kalmare, Tiefseefische.
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Threatened:
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Family:
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Ziphiidae
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Higher group:
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Mammalia
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Comments:
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German text taken from Krätzner & Welter-Schultes 2006. Additional reference: P. Hershkovitz, Catalog of living whales, US National Museum Bulletin 246, online at http://uio.mbl.edu/Hershkovitz/
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