spade-toothed whale
Also known as Mesoplodon traversii
species of beaked whale
Species
Data Deficientspade-toothed beaked whale
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCetartiodactyla
- FamilyZiphiidae
Habitatmarine
via IUCN
Article
The spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii) is the rarest species of beaked whale. Only six confirmed specimens have ever been found, over the timespan from 1872 to 2024. All six were found in the South Pacific—five in New Zealand and one in Chile. Very little is known about the species.
Discovery