Category:Ziphiidae - Wikimedia Commons
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Family ZIPHIIDAE (Beaked Whales) | Marine Mammal
WEBThe size of the ziphiids ranges from that of the 4.5 m Hector’s Beaked Whale Mesoplodon hectori to the 13 m Baird’s Beaked Whale Berardius bairdii. Beaked whales are all deep divers. These animals feed mostly on squid, which are swallowed whole. The number of teeth is relatively small, a feature typical of a squid diet.
Records of beaked whales (family Ziphiidae) in Western Australian ...
WEBA total of 74 Ziphiidae were recorded as stranded along the Western Australian coast between 1940 and 2010 (70 years). Ten of the 21 species of beaked whales currently recognized taxonomically worldwide have been observed in Western Australia with True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus and Shepherd's beaked whale Tasmacetus shepherdi …
Ziphiidae - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
WEB2 days ago · beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae
Beaked Whales, Overview: Ziphiidae - ScienceDirect
WEBJan 1, 2009 · The Ziphiidae represent one of the most speciose families within the Order Cetacea, second only to the Delphinidae. The family currently consists of 21 species in six genera (Mead, 2009). Due to the similarity of their overall external morphology, many ziphiids are difficult to identify to the species level, both at sea and when beach-cast.
Beaked Whales: Ziphiidae | Encyclopedia.com
WEBBeaked whales are mainly deep water whales. They can be found beyond the continental shelf in water as shallow as 660 feet (200 meters) and as deep as 9,900 feet (3,000 meters). Most live at depths of 3,300 to 9,900 feet (1,000-3,000 meters). These whales are often found around underwater formations such as canyons, shelf edges, and seamounts.
New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence …
WEBSep 20, 2016 · Introduction. Beaked whales (family Ziphiidae) are open ocean marine mammals capable of diving to depths up to nearly 3,000 m, where they find their prey (prevalently squid) using their sonar system and capture them via suction (Johnson et al., 2004; Mead, 2008; Schorr et al., 2014).With 22 extant species currently known, they are …
Toothed whale - Wikipedia
WEBThe toothed whales (also called odontocetes, systematic name Odontoceti) are a parvorder of cetaceans that includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other whales possessing teeth, such as the beaked whales and sperm whales. 73 species of toothed whales are described. They are one of two living groups of cetaceans, the other being the baleen whales ...
The oldest fossil record of the extant genus Berardius (Odontoceti ...
WEBMar 3, 2021 · The family Ziphiidae is a clade among Odontoceti (Cetartiodactyla, Cetacea) represented by 23 extant species [1,2] and almost the same number of extinct species [3,4]. Although extant ziphiids have a cosmopolitan distribution, they are among the most mysterious groups of whales because of their deep-diving behaviour.
Neogene and Quaternary fossil remains of beaked whales (Cetacea ...
WEBAlthough a high number of extant beaked whale species (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) live in the Southern Ocean and neighbouring areas, only little is known about the past occupation of the region by these highly specialized, deep …