Gulf Stream Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon europaeus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
Gervais's beaked whale, sometimes known as the Antillean beaked whale, Gulf Stream beaked whale, or European beaked whale, is the most frequently stranding type of mesoplodont whale off the coast of North America. It has also stranded off South America and Africa.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Ziphiidae
- Genus
- Mesoplodon