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

Where the Shepherd's beaked whale lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tasmacetus shepherdi
Group	Whales & dolphins
Status	Data deficient (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Oceania, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Ziphiidae

Where does the Shepherd's beaked whale live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Shepherd's beaked whale in 3 countries and territories across Oceania and South America.

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 Shepherd's beaked whale endangered?

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

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

The Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Ziphiidae, genus Tasmacetus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Shepherd's beaked whale

Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi), also commonly called Tasman's beaked whale or simply the Tasman whale, is a cetacean of the family Ziphiidae and the only species in the genus Tasmacetus. The whale has not been studied extensively. Only four confirmed at sea sightings have been made and 42 strandings recorded (as of 2006). It was first known to science in 1937, being named by W. R. B. Oliver after George Shepherd, curator of the Wanganui Museum, who collected the type specimen near Ohawe on the south Taranaki coast of New Zealand's North Island, in 1933.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Shepherd's beaked whale (revision 1366366516), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1124755 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).