Blainville's beaked whale

Summary

Blainville's beaked whale is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month, #1,564 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Blainville's beaked whale's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Blainville's beaked whale is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville is named after Blainville's beaked whale^[5].
• Blainville's beaked whale's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[6].
• Blainville's beaked whale belongs to the parent taxon Mesoplodon^[7].
• Blainville's beaked whale's scientific name is Mesoplodon densirostris^[8].
• Blainville's beaked whale's Commons category is recorded as Mesoplodon densirostris^[9].
• Blainville's beaked whale's original combination is recorded as Delphinus densirostris^[10].
• Blainville's beaked whale's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. densirostris'}^[11].
• Blainville's beaked whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blainville’s beaked whale'}^[12].
• Blainville's beaked whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Ballena de Pico de Blainville'}^[13].
• Blainville's beaked whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Zifio de Blainville'}^[14].
• Blainville's beaked whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Mésoplodon de Blainville'}^[15].
• Blainville's beaked whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Blainville's Beaked Whale"}^[16].
• Blainville's beaked whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blainville’s Beaked Whale'}^[17].
• Blainville's beaked whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blainville’s Dense-beaked Whale'}^[18].
• Blainville's beaked whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Blainville-Zweizahnwal'}^[19].
• Blainville's beaked whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '柏氏中喙鯨'}^[20].
• Blainville's beaked whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '布蘭氏喙鯨'}^[21].
• Blainville's beaked whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '柏氏中喙鲸'}^[22].
• Blainville's beaked whale's taxon author citation is recorded as (Blainville, 1817)^[23].
• Blainville's beaked whale's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Mesoplodon_densirostris^[24].
• Blainville's beaked whale's Wildlife Protection Act 1972 is recorded as Schedule I (Part I) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972^[25].
• Blainville's beaked whale's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES^[26].
• Blainville's beaked whale's diel cycle is recorded as cathemeral^[27].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Blainville's beaked whale is Mesoplodon densirostris^[8]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Mesoplodon^[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blainville’s beaked whale'}^[12], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Ballena de Pico de Blainville'}^[13], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Zifio de Blainville'}^[14], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Mésoplodon de Blainville'}^[15], {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Blainville's Beaked Whale"}^[16], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blainville’s Dense-beaked Whale'}^[18].

Discovery and Description

Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville is named after Blainville's beaked whale^[5].

Identifiers

Blainville's beaked whale's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41408^[28]. Blainville's beaked whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 48708^[29]. Blainville's beaked whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440403^[30]. Blainville's beaked whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180517^[31].

Why It Matters

Blainville's beaked whale ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month, #1,564 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]