Species group · Mammals

Beaked Whales

WAnimals has 3 species of beaked whale, all in the family Ziphiidae.

3 species

1 family

167 countries

99 parks

Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 3.

All 3 species of beaked whales on WAnimals

Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Blainville's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon densirostris

Cuvier's Beaked Whale

Ziphius cavirostris

Baird's Beaked Whale

Berardius bairdii

3 Least Concern

No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.

Recorded in 167 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Its jaw contains the densest bone known in the animal kingdom, hence the epithet densirostris, meaning dense-beaked.
From Blainville's Beaked Whale
Dives of more than 1,400 metres deep and lasting almost an hour have been recorded for it.
From Blainville's Beaked Whale
Its jaw contains the densest bone in the animal kingdom. Blainville described it in 1817 from a nine-inch piece of rostrum, the heaviest bone he had ever handled, hence the name densirostris.
From Blainville's Beaked Whale
It holds the diving record among marine mammals, with documented dives beyond 2,900 metres lasting more than three hours.
From Cuvier's Beaked Whale
It is the largest beaked whale in the world.
From Baird's Beaked Whale
Males become heavily scarred from territorial fights with their only two visible teeth.
From Baird's Beaked Whale
Its age is worked out from earwax plugs, which have shown males of up to 84 years.
From Baird's Beaked Whale