Species profile—Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville's beaked whale)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Ziphiidae (beaked whales) → Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville's beaked whale)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Ziphiidae (beaked whales)
- Scientific name
- Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817)
- Common name
- Blainville's beaked whale
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1018
- Alternate name(s)
- dense-beaked whale
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1018.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
