| Species fact sheet | by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de |
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| Mesoplodon bidens | (Sowerby, 1804) |
| Synonym: | |
| Family: | Ziphiidae |
| Order: | Cetacea |
| English: | Sowerby's beaked whale, North Atlantic beaked whale |
| French: | Mésoplodon de Sowerby |
| Spanish: | Ballena de pico de Sowerby |
| German: | Sowerby-Zweizahnwal (There's a German version of this page!) |
| Norwegian: | Spisshval, Sowerbys spisshval (There's a Norwegian version of this page!) |
| Migration: | possibly migratory |
| Regions: | Europe, North America |
More about whales and dolphins from:
Riede, K. (2001): Global Register of Migratory Species. Weltregister wandernder Tierarten. (p. 64-68)
Recommended link(s):
| OBIS-SEAMAP | Ocean Biogeographic Information System - Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations taxonomy, discription, distribution (map), ecology & behaviour, feeding & prey, threats & status of the North Atlantic beaked whale |
| www.cms.int | CMS' (Convention on Migratory Species) Review on Small Cetaceans |
| Animal Diversity Web | University of Michigan - Museum of Zoology |
To gather more information about whales in general see the link collection at connotea.org: cetacea
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Feedback: mail to: Klaus Riede
(Last update: 13.7.2007 by A. Tappenhölter)