🐬False killer whale
Halvspækhuggeren (Pseudorca crassidens) er en omkring 4 meter lang hval i delfinfamilien. Det er en oceanisk art, der forekommer i subtropiske og tropiske områder over hele jorden, men den menes at være sjælden. Kropsbygning og tænder minder om spækhuggerens, men halvspækhuggeren er ensfarvet sort. Der vides kun lidt om arten – meget af vores viden stammer fra strandede dyr. Den er fundet strandet i Danmark nogle få gange, senest i 1935 ved Blokhus. Halvspækhuggeren er den eneste art i slægten Pseudorca.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 1,360 kg
- Body length
- 6.1 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 62 years
Everything we know about the False killer whale
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1,360 kgrecord 2,000 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Figures vary
- 748 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length6.1 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female5 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Figures vary
- 6 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass4,307 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan62 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 63 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length20 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity10 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation1.2 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.2 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1,360 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for False killer whale yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCetacea
- ›familyDelphinidae
- ›genusPseudorca
- ›speciesPseudorca crassidens
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
- genusPseudorca
All 15 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderWhippomorpha
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
- familyDelphinidae
- genusPseudorca
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