Mesoplodon ginkgodens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Ziphiidae
- Genus
- Mesoplodon
- Species
- Mesoplodon ginkgodens
- Scientific Name
- Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale
The ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) is a poorly known species of whale even for a beaked whale, and was named for the unusual shape of its dual teeth. It is a fairly typical-looking species, but is notable for the males not having any scarring.
...Mesoplodon ginkgodens in languages:
- Arabic
- حوت ذو أسنان الجنكو
- Arabic
- حوت منقاري ذو أسنان الجنكو
- Bokmål
- Ginkgospisshval
- Chinese
- 銀杏齒中喙鯨
- Czech
- vorvaňovec japonský
- Dutch
- Japanse Spitssnuitdolfijn
- English
- Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale
- English
- Ginkgo Toothed Whale
- English
- Ginkgo-toothed Whale
- Finnish
- mustahammasvalas
- French
- Mésoplodon japonais
- Italian
- Mesoplodonte di Nishiwaki
- Japanese
- イチョウハクジラ
- Korean
- 은행이빨부리고래
- Russian
- Японский ремнезуб
- Turkish
- Japon Gagalı Balina
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Mesoplodon bidens
- Mesoplodon bowdoini
- Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
- Mesoplodon densirostris
- Mesoplodon eueu
- Mesoplodon europaeus
- Mesoplodon ginkgodens
- Mesoplodon grayi
- Mesoplodon hectori
- Mesoplodon hotaula
- Mesoplodon layardii
- Mesoplodon mirus
- Mesoplodon perrini
- Mesoplodon peruvianus
- Mesoplodon stejnegeri
- Mesoplodon traversii