(DRAFT) - Taxonomy
Species whale, dense-beaked
Species Id M120008
Date 26 AUG 96
TAXONOMY
NAME - whale, dense-beaked
OTHER COMMON NAMES - blainville's beaked whale
ELEMENT CODE - 03/14/84
AOU CODE - 04/26/85
CATEGORY - Marine Mammals
PHYLUM AND SUBPHYLUM - Chordata,
CLASS AND SUBCLASS - Mammalia, Theria
ORDER AND SUBORDER - Cetacea, Odontoceti
FAMILY AND SUBFAMILY - Ziphidae,
GENUS AND SUBGENUS - Mesoplodon,
SPECIES AND SSP - densirostris,
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Mesoplodon densirostris
AUTHORITY - Blainville 1817
TAXONOMY REFERENCES - 1037
COMMENTS ON TAXONOMY -
AKA Blainville's beaked whale *1043*
Taxonomy - 1 (DRAFT) - Status
Species whale, dense-beaked
Species Id M120008
Date 26 AUG 96
STATUS
Coded Status
Marine Mammal
REFERENCES FOR STATUS - 1029
Status - 1 (DRAFT) - Distribution
Species whale, dense-beaked
Species Id M120008
Date 26 AUG 96
DISTRIBUTION
References on County Occurrence - AO1
REFERENCES FOR HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODES - AO1
REFERENCES FOR OTHER DISTRIBUTION - G
Distribution - 1 HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS
HABITAT - Aquatic
REFERENCES FOR HABITAT - 1033
LAND USE -
Water
Atlantic Ocean Coastal Waters
REFERENCES FOR LAND USE - 1043 and 2093
NATIONAL WETLAND INVENTORY CODES
NWI NWICLS NWIMOD NWISPEC
Marine, subtidal OW0
REFERENCES FOR NWI - 1043
Habitat Associations - 1 (DRAFT) - Food Habits
Species whale, dense-beaked
Species Id M120008
Date 26 AUG 96
FOOD HABITS
TROPHIC LEVEL -
Carnivore
REFERENCES FOR TROPHIC LEVEL - 1043 and 1033
LIFESTAGE FOOD FOOD PART
General Animals Not Applicable
General Animals Adult stage
General Molluscs Adult stage
General Squid, Octopus Adult stage
General Crustaceans Adult stage
Important Animals Not Applicable
REFERENCES FOR GENERAL FOOD - 1043 and 1033
REFERENCES FOR IMPORTANT FOOD - 1043 and 1033
Food Habits - 1 (DRAFT) - Environment Associations
Species whale, dense-beaked
Species Id M120008
Date 26 AUG 96
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS
G = General A = Adult
LIM = Limiting RA = Resting Adult
J = Juvenile FA = Feeding Adult
RJ = Resting Juvenile BA = Breeding Adult
FJ = Feeding Juvenile P = Pupae
L = Larvae E = Egg
RL = Resting Larvae
FL = Feeding Larvae
LIFESTAGE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS
G Aquatic Habitat Zonation: Open water [pelagic zone]
G Water Temperature: Specified in Comments
LIM Aquatic Habitat Zonation: Open water [pelagic zone]
LIM Water Temperature: Specified in Comments
REFERENCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOC_ - 1037, 1043 and 1033
REFERENCES FOR LIMITING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOC_ - 1037, 1043 and 1033
COMMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS -
00020S=prefers warm offshore waters *1037*
Environment Associations - 1 (DRAFT) - Life History
Species whale, dense-beaked
Species Id M120008
Date 26 AUG 96
LIFE HISTORY
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: length 4.5-5.2 meters; dorsal fin is
high, sharp, triangular, curved back and located just past the middle of
the back; flippers are small, 1/10 of body length; color is black
dorsally, slightly lighter ventrally; single pair of teeth located
behind the symphysis of the mandible, the teeth are about 20 cm deep, 9
cm long, 5 cm breadth, only 1-1.5 cm is exposed; vertebral formula:
C7+T11+L9+Ca20=47; flipper has 5 fingers *1037,1043,2093,2094*
COMMENTS ON LIFE HISTORY -
Data is not available for life history *1043*
REFERENCES FOR LIFE HISTORY- 1037, 1043, 2093 and 2094
Life History - 1 (DRAFT) - Management Practices
Species whale, dense-beaked
Species Id M120008
Date 26 AUG 96
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
RESULT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
Beneficial Regulating harvest of species being described
Beneficial Prohibiting harvest of species being described
Beneficial Public education - publicity
Beneficial Public education - law enforcement
Existing Regulating harvest of species being described
Existing Prohibiting harvest of species being described
Existing Public education - publicity
Existing Public education - law enforcement
REFERENCES FOR BENEFICIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES - 1048
REFERENCES FOR EXISTING MANAGEMENT PRACTICES - 1048
Management Practices - 1 (DRAFT) - References
Species whale, dense-beaked
Species Id M120008
Date 26 AUG 96
References
1029* (ed.). Checklist of Virginia marine mammals. Virginia
Assoc. Res. Campus 12.
1033* Gunderson, H.L. 1976. Mammalogy. McGraw-Hill Inc. New
York, N.Y:117-120.
1037* Nishiwaki, M. 1972. General biology. Mammals of the Sea:
Biology and Medicine Ridgeway, S. H. Charles C. Thomas Publ.
Springfield, Ill:3-204.
1043* Schmidly, D.J. 1981. Marine mammals of the southeastern
United States and the Gulf of Mexico. (41). U.S. Fish and Wildl.
Serv., Off. Biol. Serv. Washington, D.C:163.
1048* Serv., National Marine Fisheries. 1981. Marine mammal
protection act of 1972. Annual report.. U.S. Dep. Comm., Natl.
Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. Washington, D.C:143.
2093* Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bull. 246.
Smithsonian Instit. Washington, D.C:260.
2094* Leatherwood, S., Caldwell, D.K., Winn, H.E. 1976. Whales,
dolphins, and porpoises of the western North Atlantic. A guide
to their identification. Marine Fish. Serv. Circ. 396. Natl.
Oceanic Atmos. Adm. Washington, D.C:176.
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