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Spade-toothed Whale

Mesoplodon traversii

Classification

Family
Ziphiidae

The spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii) is the rarest species of beaked whale. Only six confirmed specimens have ever been found, over the timespan from 1872 to 2024. All six were found in the South Pacific—five in New Zealand and one in Chile.

Distribution

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