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Scientific Name: Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883
Common Names:
English – Baird's Beaked Whale, Pacific Giant Bottlenosed Whale, Giant Bottle-nosed Whale, Northern Four-toothed Whale, North Pacific Bottlenose Whale, Four-toothed Whale
French – Baleine À Bec De Baird, Bérardien De Baird
Spanish – Ballena De Pico De Baird, Zifio De Baird
Taxonomic Notes: There has been some suggestion that Baird’s and Arnoux’s Beaked Whales may be the same species, but analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear intron sequence data has revealed multiple fixed genetic differences, confirming that these species are reproductively isolated and valid taxonomic entities. |
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