🐋Cuvier's Beaked Whale
민부리고래 또는 퀴비에부리고래(영어: goose-beaked whale 또는 Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris)는 부리고래과에 속하는 고래의 일종이다. 민부리고래속(Ziphius)의 유일종이다. 모든 부리고래 중에서 가장 널리 분포한다. 원양에 서식하는 고래로, 선박을 피하기 위해 1,000m 이상의 깊은 바다를 선호하지만 부리고래 중에서 가장 흔히 발견된다. 현재까지 최고의 잠수기록은 2014년에 꼬리표가 달린 민부리고래가 달성한 2,992m이다. 학명의 속명은 "칼"(sword)을 의미하는 그리스어 "시포스"(xiphos)에서 유래하였으며, 종소명은 "부리"(rostrum, beak)를 뜻하는 라틴어 "카부스"(cavus)에서 유래하였다.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 2,950 kg
- Body length
- 8.5 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 62 years
Everything we know about the Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass2,950 kgrecord 3,000 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Figures vary
- 2,701 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length8.5 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female7 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
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- 7.5 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass2,004 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan62 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 62 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length23 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation1.0 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.0 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 / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l2,950 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 Cuvier's Beaked Whale yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCetacea
- ›familyHyperoodontidae
- ›genusZiphius
- ›speciesZiphius cavirostris
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
- genusZiphius
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
- genusZiphius
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