Mammals

Cuvier’s Beaked Whales, Ziphius cavirostris, are the second largest beaked whales in the Archipelago of the Azores. They are the record divers among mammals,…

True’s Beaked Whales, Mesoplodon mirus, are named from Frederick W. True, a curator at the Smithsonian Institution (the World’s largest museum and research complex…

Also known as the Antillean Beaked Whale, Gervais’ Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon europaeus) are one the largest species of the Mesoplodon genus but still little is…

Sowerby’s Beaked Whales, Mesoplodon bidens, is the slimmest species of Beaked Whale belonging to the Mesoplodon genus. Their scientific name, bidens, derives from Latin…

Blainville’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon densirostris, is probably the most robust and deep-bodied member of the genus Mesoplodon, which includes 15 of the 24 known species…

Northern Bottlenose Whales, Hyperoodon ampullatus, are endemic to the North Atlantic Ocean and have an estimated population of at least 10 000 individuals. They…

Sperm Whales are the largest existing toothed whale. The name is a reference to the white liquid contained in the spermaceti organ which is…

Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, is a distant ‘relative’ of Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus). At sea it is often difficult to distinguish them from the Dwarf…