Least ConcernBlainville's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon densirostris
One of the 3 beaked whales on WAnimals
Mammals · Artiodactyla · Ziphiidae
Ziphius cavirostris
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
It holds the record for the deepest and longest dive ever documented in any mammal, with recorded dives of almost 3,000 metres in depth and of 3 hours and 42 minutes in duration.
Weight
2 t – 3 t
Size
4.5 m – 7.5 m
Life expectancy
30 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Irregular activity
Active at irregular times, by day or night depending on circumstances.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: AnAge (genomics.senescence.info) · NOAA Fisheries · National Marine Sanctuary Foundation · SightMe · Futurismo · Animal Diversity Web · SeaLifeBase · Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA · Wikipedia (Cuvier's beaked whale)
Best time: All year round in deep water; in the Mediterranean the sightings are concentrated in the Alborán Sea and the Ligurian Sea, although it surfaces very little between dives.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 20 of 51.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Cuvier's Beaked Whale — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about cuvier's beaked whale.
The pins mark the parks and dive sites where its presence is documented.
