24 Species in Family Ziphiidae
Nominal species list for Ziphiidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851 Arnoux's beaked whale
Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883 Baird's beaked whale
Berardius minimus Yamada, Kitamura & Matsuishi, 2019
Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770) North Atlantic bottlenose whale
Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882 Southern bottlenose whale
Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926) Longman's beaked whale
Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) Sowerby's beaked whale
Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908 Andrew's beaked whale
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 Hubb's beaked whale
Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817) Blainville's beaked whale
Mesoplodon eueu Carroll, McGowen, McCarthy et al., 2021
Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) Gervais' beaked whale
Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958 Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale
Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast, 1876 Gray's beaked whale
Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871) Hector's beaked whale
Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala, 1963 Ginko-toothed beaked whale
Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) Strap-toothed whale
Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913 True's beaked whale
Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker & van Helden, 2002 Perrin's beaked whale
Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead & Van Waerebeek, 1991 Pygmy beaked whale
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885 Stejneger's beaked whale
Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874) Spade-toothed beaked whale
Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937 Shepherd's beaked whale
Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 Cuvier's beaked whale
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