Beaked whale

Beaked whales are the members of the family Ziphiidae, which consists of 22 species. These toothed whales are notable for their elongated beaks. Among air-breathing animals, beaked whales are some of the most extreme divers: Cuvier's beaked whales regularly dive for an hour at a depth over 1,000 m (3,300 ft),[1] and the longest and deepest foraging dive recorded is 137.5 minutes at 2,992 m (9,816 ft). This is the greatest dive-depth known for a mammal. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Toothed whales
Blainville's beaked whale	Hubbs' beaked whale	Northern bottlenose whale	Strap-toothed whale

phylum	Chordata	Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris), or the dense-beaked whale, is the widest ranging mesoplodont whale and perhaps the most documented. The French zoologist Henri de Blainville first described the species in 1817 from a small piece of jaw — the heaviest bone he had ever come across — which resulted in the name densirostris (Latin for "dense beak"). Off the northeastern Bahamas, the animals are particularly well documented, and a photo identification project started sometime after 2002. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Beaked whales
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Cetacea
suborder	Odontoceti
family	Ziphiidae
genus	Mesoplodon
species	M. densirostris

phylum	Chordata	Hubbs' beaked whale (Mesoplodon carlhubbsi) was initially thought to be an Andrews' beaked whale when discovered by ichthyologist Carl Hubbs; however, it was named in his honor when it was discovered to be a new species. The body is fairly typical for a Mesoplodon, except it is more rotund in appearance and tapered at the ends in a sort of spindle shape. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Beaked whales
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Cetacea
suborder	Odontoceti
family	Ziphiidae
genus	Mesoplodon
species	M. carlhubbsi

phylum	Chordata	The northern bottlenose whale is a species of bottlenose whale in the ziphiid family, and being one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon. The northern bottlenose was hunted heavily by Norway and Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is one of the deepest diving mammals known, reaching depths of 1453 m (4767 ft). For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Beaked whales
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Cetacea
suborder	Odontoceti
family	Ziphiidae
genus	Hyperoodon
species	H. ampullatus

phylum	Chordata	The strap-toothed whale, also known as the Layard's beaked whale or the long-toothed whale is a large mesoplodont with some of the most bizarre teeth of any mammal. Male specimens have large and peculiar teeth even for the genus; the teeth emerge from the lower jaw and grow upward and back at a 45 degree angle to encircle the upper jaw and nearly close it. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Beaked whales
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Cetacea
suborder	Odontoceti
family	Ziphidae
genus	Mesoplodon
species	M. layardii

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