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Blainville's beaked whale is a species of toothed whale belonging to the family Ziphiidae. It is found in tropical and temperate waters across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. This marine mammal is named after Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville and is noted for its dense, heavily ossified j...
Sowerby's beaked whale was the first beaked whale described by science, named by naturalist James Sowerby in 1804 from a specimen that stranded in Scotland.
True's beaked whale is a rarely observed species of the North Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean, first described by American zoologist Frederick True in 1913.
Gervais' beaked whale is a rare North Atlantic species first formally described by French zoologist Paul Gervais in 1855 and known primarily from strandings.
Hubbs' beaked whale is a rare North Pacific species first formally described in 1963 and named in honor of American marine biologist Carl Hubbs.
Andrews' beaked whale is a rare Southern Hemisphere species known primarily from strandings in the South Pacific, named after American naturalist Roy Chapman Andrews.
