Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Odontoceti > Family Ziphiidae > Genus Ziphius

Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ziphius*	Cuvier, 1823	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Afrikaans: Cuvier-snoetwalvis

Albanian: balena me sqep; balene me sqep sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Aleutian: chumchugagakh; chumchugaiak

Arabic: zifius

Catalan: balena amb bec de Cuvier; balena de Cuvier

Croatian: Cuvierov kit

Dutch: dolfijn van Cuvier; spitssnuitdolfijn van Cuvier

English: Cuvier's beaked whale; goose-beaked whale sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Cuvier's Beaked Whale sources: Charles Hussey

French: baleine à bec de Cuvier; baleine bécune de Cuvier; baleine de Cuvier; ziphius; ziphius cavirostre sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Cuvier-Schnabelwal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: zifiós; Ζιφιός sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Indonesian: paus paruh angsa

Israel (Hebrew): zifyus chalul chartom; זיפיוס sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: zifio

Japanese: akabo kujira; kajippo

Korean: minburi-gorae

Lithuanian: tikrasis snapuotis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Malagasi: trozona manana vavan-gisa; vavan-trozon Cuvier

Maltese: baliena ta'Kuvjer

Polish: zyfia Cuviera sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: baleia bicuda de Cuvier; zifio

Russian: kiuverov kliuvoryl; nastoiashchii kliuvoryl; srednii plavun

Sinhala: hota al thalmaha

Slovenian: Cuvierjev kljunati kit sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: ballena de Cuvier; ballena gansa; ballena picuda de Cuvier; ballenato de Cuvier; ballenato picudo de Cuvier; cochino de mar; delfin picudo de Cuvier; serpa; zifio comun; zifio de Cuvier; ziphio sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: småhuvudval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: Cuvier balinasi; kaz gagalı balina; Kuvier balinasi; kuvier balinası sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Дзьоборил справжній; Справжній дзьоборил sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morfil gylfinog Cuvier

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G. (1823). Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles, 2nd ed., 5(1). Paris.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
additional source	Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
additional source	Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4.
additional source	Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259.
additional source	Robineau, D. (1989). Les types de cétacés actuels du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle I. Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Kogiidae, Ziphiidae, Iniidae, Pontoporiidae. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris, 4th ser., 11, section A, no. 1:271-289.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (136 nucleotides; 342 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (257 publications)
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823. In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137127