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Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii)
Subject: Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii)
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Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii)


Description Berardius bairdii
Date 1987
Source Cetaceans of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Author NOAA United States. National Marine Fisheries Service
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berardius_bairdii.jpg

The Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii) has a limited range within the northern Pacific ocean. They can be found in waters near Japan and southern California and as far north as the Bering Sea. They prefer deeper water, beyond the 1000 meter line. Order: Artiodactyla, Infraorder: Cetacea, Family: Ziphiidae, Subfamily: Berardiinae, Genus: Berardius, Species: Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883

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Scientific Name: Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883
Common Names:
English – Baird's Beaked Whale, Pacific Giant Bottlenosed Whale, Giant Bottle-nosed Whale, Northern Four-toothed Whale, North Pacific Bottlenose Whale, Four-toothed Whale
French – Baleine À Bec De Baird, Bérardien De Baird
Spanish – Ballena De Pico De Baird, Zifio De Baird
Taxonomic Notes: There has been some suggestion that Baird’s and Arnoux’s Beaked Whales may be the same species, but analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear intron sequence data has revealed multiple fixed genetic differences, confirming that these species are reproductively isolated and valid taxonomic entities.

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