Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Ziphius cavirostris
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
- Ziphius
Where to Find
Found in 44 diving areas across 25 countries and 6 regions.
- South Australia, Australia - 1 records
- Victoria, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 45 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 5 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 4 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 45 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 4 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 9 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 9 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 9 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 10 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 2 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 2 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 4 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 2 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 5 records
- Corsica, France - 21 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 10 records
- Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 1 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 7 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 7 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 73 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 22 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 27 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 4 records
- Azores, Portugal - 178 records
- Kas & Kekova, Turkey - 1 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 2 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 13 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 6 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 14 records