Spade-toothed whale
Mesoplodon traversii size comparison
The Bahamonde 's beaked whale ( Mesoplodon traversii ) is a cetacean of the family of beaked whales ( Ziphiidae ).
About this whale is as good as nothing is known. They are considered the rarest whales in the world. From the findings, it is concluded that the distribution area covers the southern Pacific, and estimates on the basis of the length of the skull Bahamonde - Schnabelwals to around 5.5 meters.
Evidence
1986, the skull of an unknown Schnabelwalart was found on the part of Chile Juan Fernandez archipelago, which has been described as Mesoplodon bahamondi. Later studies showed that the species is identical to a 1874 discovered in New Zealand species of which, however, only pine parts and teeth were found. Another skull Fund, which was made in New Zealand in the 1950s and for decades unidentified in the camp at the University of Auckland was also heard to this Article
In December 2010, two beaked whales were stranded on Opape Beach in the north of New Zealand's North Island, and died a short time later. There was a 5.30 -meter-long female and her 3.50 -meter male calf, the first one held for Camperdown Whales. By means of DNA analysis were New Zealand scientists show later that it is the never before sighted Bahamonde 's beaked whales stranded in the animals.
Features
The adult females of Bahamonde - Schnabelwals differs only slightly from other, related species of beaked whales: back, flippers and beak are dark, the abdomen is colored white. The course of the mouth line, the dorsal fin and flippers have a similar shape as that of Camperdown Whale ( Mesoplodon grayi ). Of this kind Mesoplodon traversii can be distinguished by a conspicuous melon, the more of the similar Layard Whale (M. layardii ), as well as by staining of the snout, which traversii at Mesoplodon is dark gray or black, for adult forms of Layard Whale but is whitish. Other features are the dark region around the eyes, the white belly and dark flippers. The young animal is similar to those of all other two- toothed whales ( Mesoplodon ). Pups are indistinguishable from each other in freedom.