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Ziphiidae (beaked whales)

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Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Scientific Name Ziphiidae
Taxonomic Rank Family
Original Description Gray, 1850
Scientific Synonyms (since 1950)
Common Name
beaked whales
All Common Names English: beaked whales
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Mammalia
        Subclass: Theria
          Infraclass: Eutheria
            Order: Cetacea
              Suborder: Odontoceti
Taxonomic Children Genus: Berardius
Genus: Hyperoodon
Genus: Indopacetus
Genus: Mesoplodon
Genus: Tasmacetus
Genus: Ziphius
Taxonomic # 180493
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Map of OBIS-SEAMAP Data Points

Existing observations across multiple datasets within OBIS-SEAMAP are indicated with red points.
Species distributions (pink background polygon if present) were digitized by Kristin Kaschner as part of the Sea Around Us Project predominantly from Jefferson et al (1993).

Reference
Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood, and M.A. Webber. 1993. FAO species identification guide. Marine mammals of the world. Rome, FAO. 1993.320. p. 587 figs.

Relevant OBIS-SEAMAP Datasets (# sets: 36)
Alnitak Cetaceans and sea turtles surveys off Southern Spain
Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation Aerial Sightings
Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation On-transect Sightings
Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation Opportunistic Sightings
Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation Strandings
BLM Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program (CETAP) AIR Sightings
BLM Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program (CETAP) OPP Sightings
BLM Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program (CETAP) SHIP Sightings
Hatteras Eddy Cruise 2004
Joint Deepwater Systematics and Marine Mammal Survey
Marine Mammal Abundance Survey - Leg 1
Marine Mammal Survey PE 95-02
NEFSC 1995 AJ9501 (Part I)
NEFSC Aerial Circle-Back Abundance Survey 2004
NEFSC Aerial Survey - Experimental 2002
NEFSC Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Abundance Survey 2004
NEFSC Survey 1997
NEFSC Survey 1998 1
NEFSC Survey 1998 2
NMML Killer Whale Vessel Survey, Kodiak Island, 1993
NOAA Atlantic Cetacean Survey 1992; Sightings
NOAA Caribbean Sea Cetacean Survey 1995; Sightings
NOAA Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Survey 1992; Sightings
NOAA Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Survey 1993 (S); Sightings
NOAA Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Survey 1993 (W); Sightings
NOAA Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Survey 1994; Sightings
NOAA Oceanic Gulf of Mexico Cetacean Survey 1996; Sightings
NOAA Oceanic Gulf of Mexico Cetacean Survey 1997; Sightings
NOAA Oceanic Gulf of Mexico Cetacean Survey 1999; Sightings
NOAA Oceanic Gulf of Mexico Cetacean Survey 2000; Sightings
NOAA Oceanic Gulf of Mexico Cetacean Survey 2001; Sightings
PIROP Northwest Atlantic
SEFSC Atlantic surveys, 1998 (3)
UNCW Aerial Survey 98-99
UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings, Southeastern US 1998-1999
UNCW Right Whale Aerial Survey 05-06

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