PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Mammalia
ORDER: Cetacea
FAMILY: Ziphiidae
GENUS: Mesoplodon
SPECIES: ginkgodens
TOOTHED or TOOTHLESS (BALEEN): Toothed
FRESHWATER, SALTERWATER or BRACKISH: Saltwater
HABITAT: Tropical and warm waters of the indo-pacific.
LENGTH (maximum): 16Ft
WEIGHT (maximum): Unknown
RELATIVE SPECIES: All other Mesoplodons
NEIGHBORING SPECIES: Hubbs, Blainville’s and True’s beaked whale.
THREATS: Occasionally hunted, trapped in gillnets
DIET: Squid and fish
MANNER OF FEEDING: Deep foraging
BEHAVIOR: Does not have scars, so it probably is not dominant and aggressive with other males.
REPRODUCTION: Unknown
LIFE SPAN: Unknown
COOL/GROSS/WEIRD:
- The teeth resemble ginko leaves.
SOURCES:
- Knopf, Alfred A. Guide to Marine Mammals of the World.Random House. 2002
- http://www.beakedwhaleresource.com/bwginko.htm
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