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Gervais's beaked whale

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very slightly. The coloration is dark gray on top and lighter gray on bottom. Females sometimes have lighter spots near the genitals and face, with a dark circle remaining around the eyes. Juveniles start off with a lighter coloration, but soon darken. Males are 4.5 meters (15 feet) in length and females are at least 5.2 meters (17 feet) and probably weigh more than 1,200 kg (2,600 lb). Calves are believed to be 2.1 meters (6.9 feet) in length. One beached specimen may have been 48 years old.
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and rather gracile, elongated, and laterally compressed compared with the others. The mouthline is remarkably straight, even in males, and the two teeth of the male erupt towards the tip of the beak, and are hardly noticeable. The head is overall small and tapering in outline. The melon only bulges
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The species has not been hunted and only very infrequently gets tangled in fishing nets. Gervais's beaked whale is covered by the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas
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For several decades this remained as the only known specimen of this species, with many disregarding its specific status and claiming it merely represented an aberrant adult
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An account of the beaked whales of the family Ziphiidae in the collection of the United States National Museum, with remarks on some specimens in other American museums
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Although this species frequently strands, until 1998 no one had made a confirmed sighting of the species. Sightings remain rare.
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Although timid, the whales allowed close photos. They surfaced for a short time, and their dives lasted for around an hour.
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Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus) washed ashore in southeastern Brazil: extra limital record?
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Diagnoses and Distributions of Beaked Whales of the Genus Mesoplodon Known from North American Waters
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Sometime between 1836 and 1841, a captain of one of the ships of the French merchant and armorer
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The species is believed to be naturally rare, and no population estimates have been attempted.
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Santos, Zampirolli, Castro, and Alarenga. Aquatic Mammals 2003. 29.3, 404–410. Available:
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Since the discovery of the type specimen, it has been found off the eastern coast of the
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off the coast of North America. It has also stranded off South America and Africa.
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Mark Carwardine's Guide To Whale Watching In Britain And Europe: Second Edition
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Judging by strandings, the whales occur in small groups. They probably feed on
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On May 5, 2011, one juvenile female specimen was found dead and beached at
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The species’ identity was confirmed by the discovery of two specimens from
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Sightings of Gervais' beaked whales in the Canary Islands (Spanish)
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On July 10 of the same year, one specimen was found dead in the
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came across a large animal floating at the entrance to the
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There had been a possible stranding of this species in
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1463: 1462: 1457: 1454: 1444: 1440: 1436: 1432: 1423: 1419: 1401: 1399: 1394: 1393: 1391: 1389: 1388: 1383: 1380: 1378: 1377:Cetotheriidae 1374: 1364: 1362: 1357: 1356: 1354: 1352: 1351: 1346: 1340: 1338: 1333: 1332: 1330: 1328: 1327: 1322: 1316: 1314: 1309: 1307: 1305: 1300: 1298: 1296: 1291: 1289: 1287: 1282: 1280: 1278: 1273: 1271: 1269: 1264: 1262: 1260: 1255: 1253: 1251: 1246: 1244: 1242: 1237: 1236: 1234: 1232: 1231: 1226: 1223: 1213: 1209: 1199: 1197: 1192: 1190: 1188: 1183: 1181: 1179: 1174: 1173: 1171: 1161: 1160: 1155: 1149: 1147: 1146:B. mysticetus 1142: 1141: 1139: 1137: 1136: 1131: 1128: 1126: 1122: 1118: 1114: 1105: 1101: 1095: 1091: 1089: 1085: 1083: 1079: 1077: 1073: 1071: 1067: 1065: 1061: 1059: 1055: 1054: 1051: 1046: 1038: 1033: 1031: 1026: 1024: 1019: 1018: 1015: 1009: 1006: 1004: 1001: 999: 996: 994: 991: 988: 984: 981: 979: 978: 972: 971: 967: 963: 959: 955: 953: 952:0-7136-6334-0 949: 945: 942: 940: 939:0-12-551340-2 936: 932: 929: 928: 924: 915: 911: 905: 902: 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Gervais' Beaked Whale

Diagram showing a beaked and scuba diver from the side: The whale is about three times longer than the human
Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
CITES
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla
Cetacea
Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon
Binomial name
Gervais

mesoplodont whale

Abel Vautier
English Channel
Caen
Paul Gervais
Sowerby's beaked whale
New Jersey
Atlantic City

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