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Mesoplodon mirus

Trujillo's beaked whale, Wonderful beaked whale

True's Beaked Whale has never been identified at sea, so nothing is known about its behavior; the lack of confirmed sightings ···

Mesoplodon layardii

Long-toothed beaked whale, Lyman's beaked whale, hook-toothed beaked whale, long-toothed whale

Mesoplodon layardii, also known as Strap-toothed Whale, is the largest of the beaked whales and one of the few that can be identif···

Hector's Beaked Whale

Heck's beaked whale, New Zealand beaked whale, Heck's beaked whale

Hector's Beaked Whale was first discovered in 1866, but until 1975, there were only 7 decaying specimens, all in the Southern ···

Mesoplodon grayi

Gray's Beaked Whale's scientific name is Mesoplodon grayi, and its foreign name is Gray's Beaked Whale. Limited sighti···

Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Japanese beaked whale, Ginkgo beaked whale, Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale

Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (scientific name: Mesoplodon ginkgodens) is called ginkgo-toothed beaked whale in foreign language, an···

Mesoplodon europaeus

Theodore's beaked whale, Gulfstream beaked whale, European beaked whale, Andreas' beaked whale

Gervais's beaked whale was first recorded in the 1840s as a specimen floating in the English Channel (hence its name Mesopolod···

Mesoplodon carlhubbsi

Harvey's beaked whale

Hubbs' Beaked Whale has only one possible sighting, and very little is known about its behavior. Obvious scars indicate that m···

Mesoplodon bidens

Thor's beaked whale, North Sea beaked whale Thor's beaked whale, North Sea beaked whale

Sowerby's Beaked Whale, scientific name Mesoplodon bidens, foreign name Sowerby's Beaked Whale, is the earliest discovered···

Hyperoodon planifrons

The scientific name of the Southern Bottlenose Whale is Hyperoodon planifrons, and its foreign name is Southern Bottlenose Whale. ···

Hyperoodon ampullatus

North Atlantic bottlenose whale, flathead whale, bottlehead whale, steep-headed whale

The scientific name of the northern bottlenose whale is Hyperoodon ampullatus. In 1770, Forster first mentioned the northern bottl···

Arnoux's Beaked Whale

Arnold's beaked whale, southern four-toothed whale, southern beaked whale, New Zealand beaked whale, southern bottlenose whale, southern porbeagle whale

Arnoux's Beaked Whale, scientific name Arnoux's Beaked Whale, is usually easily frightened and difficult to observe, and i···

Platanista gangetica minor

Indus River Dolphin, South Asian River Dolphin Indus subspecies

The Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) is one of the few dolphins that live in freshwater. They are related to the G···

Caperea marginata

Small right whale, dwarf whale, dwarf whale, small right whale, pygmy right whale, new right whale

The scientific name of the pygmy right whale is Caperea marginata, and its foreign name is Pygmy right whale. It feeds on small pl···

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Antarctic baleen whale, Southern minke whale

Antarctic minke whale (scientific name: Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is also known as Antarctic minke whale. New mitochondrial DNA te···

Eubalaena australis

Southern right whale (scientific name: Eubalaena australis) is also known as Southern right whale in foreign languages. It has no ···

Eubalaena glacialisBorowski

Eubalaena glacialis Borowski

The North Atlantic right whale (Scientific name: Eubalaena glacialis Borowski) is also known as the North Atlantic Right whale. Du···

Pelea capreolus

Gray shorthorn, Common shorthorn

Shorthorn (scientific name: Pelea capreolus) Grey Rhebok, Common Rhebok, Rhebok, Vaal Rhebok, no subspecies.Shorthorn is active du···

Redunca redunca

Common reedbuck, Senegal reedbuck

Reedbuck (scientific name: Redunca redunca) is called Bohor Reedbuck, Common Reedbuck, Cobe de Roseaux in French and Cobe de Rosea···

Redunca fulvorufula

Redunca fulvorufula

Mountain Reedbuck (scientific name: Redunca fulvorufula) is called Mountain Reedbuck in English, Redunca de montagne in French, Ro···

Redunca arundinum

Southern Reedbuck (scientific name: Redunca arundinum) English Southern Reedbuck, French Redunca grande, Afrikaans Rietbok, German···

Kobus vardonii

Puku Waterbuck, Wadsworth's Koel

Kobus vardonii (scientific name: Puku) has two subspecies.Territory is established by male Kobus vardonii. Territory size depends ···

Kobus megaceros

Nile waterbuck, Nile lechwe, Nile short-nosed lechwe, Nile lechwe, Nile blackbuck, Bighorn lechwe

Nile Waterbuck (scientific name: Kobus megaceros) is also known as Nile Lechwe in English. There is no subspecies.Nile Waterbuck i···

Kobus leche

Kobus leche

Lechwe (scientific name: Kobus leche) is called Southern Lechwe in English, Cobe Lechwe, Lechwe in French, Cobo de Lechwe in Spani···

Kobus kob

Kobus kob

Kobus kob (Kob in English, Grasantilope in German, Cobe de Buffon in French) has 8 subspecies.Kobus kob may migrate long distances···