Pygmy beaked whale: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the pygmy beaked whale lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Mesoplodon peruvianus
Group	Whales & dolphins
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Ziphiidae

Where does the pygmy beaked whale live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pygmy beaked whale in 1 country or territory across North America.

Costa Rica

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 pygmy beaked whale endangered?

The pygmy 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 pygmy beaked whale?

The pygmy beaked whale (Mesoplodon peruvianus) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Ziphiidae, genus Mesoplodon. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pygmy beaked whale

The pygmy beaked whale (Mesoplodon peruvianus), also known as the bandolero beaked whale, Peruvian beaked whale and lesser beaked whale, is the smallest of the mesoplodonts and one of the newest discoveries. There were at least two dozen sightings of an unknown beaked whale named Mesoplodon sp. A before the initial classification, and those are now believed to be synonymous with the species. The species was formally described in 1991, based on ten specimens obtained from Peru between 1976 and 1989, including a 3.72 m (12.2 ft) adult male as the type specimen. A specimen that stranded at Paracas, Peru in 1955 (first tentatively identified as Andrews' beaked whale) has since been identified as a pygmy beaked whale. Since 1987, there have been an additional 40 sightings of the species, for a total of 65 (as of 2001).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pygmy beaked whale (revision 1364147790), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q943830 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).