🐋Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale
Der Japanische Schnabelwal (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) ist eine Walart aus der Familie der Schnabelwale (Ziphiidae). Die Art wurde von japanischen Zoologen 1958 beschrieben und nach dem ersten Fundort, Japan, benannt. Das Artepithet (ginkgodens) und der englische Name (Ginkgo-toothed Whale) spielen darauf an, dass die zwei Zähne des Unterkiefers an die Samen des Ginkgo-Baumes erinnern. Diese Zähne ragen bei erwachsenen Männchen aus dem hinteren Bereich des geschlossenen Mauls, bei Weibchen und Jungtieren sind sie verborgen.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 1,500 kg
- Body length
- 5.04 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 35 years
Everything we know about the Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1,500 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length5.04 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female4.9 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Figures vary
- 4.8 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan35 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length19 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation356 daysestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1estimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1,500 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 Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCetacea
- ›familyHyperoodontidae
- ›genusMesoplodon
- ›speciesMesoplodon ginkgodens
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
- genusMesoplodon
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
- familyZiphiidae
- genusMesoplodon
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