Tropical bottlenose whale

The Longman 's beaked whale ( Indopacetus pacificus ), sometimes referred to by the ambiguous name Pacific beaked whale is a cetacean of the family of beaked whales ( Ziphiidae ).

This whale is one of the least known of her family and was for a long time just by two skulls findings (1882 on the coast of Queensland, Australia, and 1955 in Somalia ) are known. The zoologist Longman described the way in 1926 based on the first skull discovery, since it carries its common name. From the 1980s, there were sightings off the Seychelles in 2002 for the first time a complete copy in Japan was stranded in 2003, another in the Philippines. In November 2013 8 animals were stranded in New Caledonia, away from the accepted and known habitat. Four of the animals died. From these findings one concludes that a distribution area that includes the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific.

The size of this whale is estimated at around seven meters. The fact that such a large animal could remain undetected for so long, one the one hand leads back to a habitat on the high seas, which is typical for all Schnabelwalarten. On the other hand, it is possible that sighted animals were confused with black or two- toothed whales.

Longman 's beaked whales have a long snout, a slightly domed forehead, slim, large flippers and a triangular, wide rear seated Finn. The coloration of these animals varies from light to dark gray. From the stomach contents of a stranded animal is concluded that their diet consists mainly of squid.

Apart from that nothing is known about the habits of these animals.