🐬Long-finned pilot whale
The long-finned pilot whale or pothead whale is a large species of oceanic dolphin. It shares the genus Globicephala with the short-finned pilot whale. Long-finned pilot whales are known as such because of their unusually long pectoral fins.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 1,060 kg
- Body length
- 7.09 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 60 years
Everything we know about the Long-finned pilot whale
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1,060 kgrecord 2,000 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Figures vary
- 1,060 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length7.09 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female5.7 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Figures vary
- 6.7 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass2,673 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan60 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 60 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length24 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity9.5 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 / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1,060 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Long-finned pilot whale yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCetacea
- ›familyDelphinidae
- ›genusGlobicephala
- ›speciesGlobicephala melas
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
- genusGlobicephala
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
- genusGlobicephala
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