πGinkgo-toothed beaked whale
De Japanse spitssnuitdolfijn (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) is een zeer zeldzame spitssnuitdolfijn die leeft in de Indische en de Grote Oceaan. Hij wordt slechts zelden waargenomen.
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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 βHide β
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Body length5.04 mCOMBINEOther figures βHide β
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By sex
- Female4.9 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Figures vary
- 4.8 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan35 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Generation length19 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Gestation356 daysestimatedCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Litter size1estimatedCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Trophic levelCarnivoreestimatedCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedestimatedCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Volume l1,500 LaverageDetails βHide β
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
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassMammalia
- βΊorderCetacea
- βΊfamilyHyperoodontidae
- βΊgenusMesoplodon
- βΊspeciesMesoplodon ginkgodens
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals Β· Artiodactyla
- infraorderWhales & dolphins Β· Cetacea
- genusMesoplodon
All 15 branches βFewer branches β
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals Β· Artiodactyla
- suborderWhippomorpha
- infraorderWhales & dolphins Β· Cetacea
- familyZiphiidae
- genusMesoplodon
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