Blainville's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon densirostris
Category: Whales & Dolphins
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetartiodactyla
- Family
- Ziphiidae
- Genus
- Mesoplodon
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 9 countries and 4 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 76 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 48180 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 2 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 3 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 41899 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 6 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 8 records
- Azores, Portugal - 10 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records