Baird's Beaked Whale
Berardius bairdii
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Ziphiidae
Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii), also known commonly as the northern giant bottlenose whale, North Pacific bottlenose whale, giant four-toothed whale, northern four-toothed whale and North Pacific four-toothed whale, is a species of whale in the genus Berardius of the family Ziphiidae. Baird's beaked whale and Arnoux's beaked whale are so similar that researchers have debated whether or not they are simply two populations of the same species. However, genetic evidence and their wide geographical separation has led them to be classified as separate.
La bérardie de Baird (Berardius bairdii) est une espèce de baleines à bec du genre Berardius. Elle a été décrite par Leonhard Hess Stejneger en 1883 à partir d’un spécimen trouvé en mer de Béring. Il l’a nommé en hommage à Spencer Fullerton Baird, qui était alors secrétaire de la Smithsonian Institution.
El zifio o berardio de Baird o ballena picuda de Baird (Berardius bairdii) es una especie de cetáceo odontoceto de la familia Ziphiidae. Es, junto al zifio de Arnoux (Berardius arnuxii) la especie más grandes de zifio. Fue descrito por Leonhard Hess Stejneger en 1883, gracias a un ejemplar encontrado en el mar de Bering.
Distribution
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