Species
Gray's beaked whale
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCetartiodactyla
- FamilyZiphiidae
Habitatmarine
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mesoplodon
- Image
- Head of stranded Gray's beaked whale.jpg
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Article
Gray's beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi), sometimes known as Haast's beaked whale, the scamperdown whale, or the southern beaked whale, is one of the better-known members of the genus Mesoplodon. This species is fairly gregarious and strands relatively frequently for a beaked whale. In the Māori language, this species is called hakurā or iheihe.
Taxonomy