Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale

Ziphius cavirostrisis commonly referred to as Cuvier's beaked whale. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13306 

AphiaID:

137127 

Scientific:

Ziphius cavirostris 

German:

Cuvier-Schnabelwal 

English:

Cuvier's Beaked Whale 

Category:

Mammals 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Ziphiidae (Family) > Ziphius (Genus) > cavirostris (Species) 

Initial determination:

Cuvier, 1823 

Occurrence:

Russland, Tunesien, Zirkumpolar, El Salvador, Hong Kong, Guadeloupe, Suriname, Gambia, Djibouti, Ghana, Benin, Barbados, (the) Maldives, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Albania, Algeria, Alor, American Samoa, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Austral Islands, Bangladesh, Bass Strait, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada , Chile, China, Circumglobal, Circumtropic, Columbia, Congo, Cook Islands, Corea, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Danmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East cost of USA, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Great Australian Bigh, Greece, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kerguelen Islands, Lebanon, Liberia, Lybia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Micronesia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Norway, Oceanodromous, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Scotland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Australia, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tansania, Tasmania (Australia), Thailand, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Seychelles, Timor, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Victoria (Australia), Vietnam, Virgin Islands, U.S., Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Yemen 

Sea depth:

0 - 8000 Meter 

Size:

up to 275.59" (700 cm) 

Weight:

3 t 

Temperature:

1,2 °F - 78.8 °F (1,2°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Predatory, Sepia, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Ziphius cavirostris
  Cuvier-Schnabelwal

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-10-11 12:17:09 

Last edit:

2021-06-20 14:42:23 

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