Gervais' Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon europaeus
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Ziphiidae
La baleine à bec de Gervais (Mesoplodon europaeus) est une espèce de cétacés de la famille des Ziphiidae. Voir aussi Références taxinomiques (en) Mammal Species of the World (3e éd.
Gervais's beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus), sometimes known as the Antillean beaked whale, Gulf Stream beaked whale, or European beaked whale (from which its scientific name is derived), is the most frequently stranding type of mesoplodont whale off the coast of North America. It has also stranded off South America and Africa. History of discovery Sometime between 1836 and 1841, a captain of one of the ships of the French merchant and armorer Abel Vautier came across a large animal floating at the entrance to the English Channel, its body covered by swarming gulls.
El zifio de Gervais o zifio europeo (Mesoplodon europaeus) es una especie de cetáceo odontoceto de la familia Ziphidae. Es el zifio que más frecuentemente ha varado en las costas de América del Norte. Descripción Esta especie es bastante grácil y alargada, en comparación con otros miembros del género Mesoplodon.
Distribution
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