Arnoux's beaked whale: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Arnoux's beaked whale lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Berardius arnuxii
Group	Whales & dolphins
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Antarctica, Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Ziphiidae

Where does the Arnoux's beaked whale live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Arnoux's beaked whale in 2 countries and territories across Antarctica and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Arnoux's beaked whale endangered?

The Arnoux's beaked whale’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Arnoux's beaked whale?

The Arnoux's beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Ziphiidae, genus Berardius. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Arnoux's beaked whale

Arnoux's beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii), also called the southern four-toothed whale, southern beaked whale, New Zealand beaked whale, southern giant bottlenose whale and southern porpoise whale is one of the species of Berardius. Arnoux's and Baird's beaked whales are so similar that researchers debated whether or not they are simply two populations of the same species, until genetic evidence and their wide geographical separation led them to be classified as separate. Little is known about their behavior due to infrequent encounters with live individuals.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Arnoux's beaked whale (revision 1373684079), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q629227 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).