Sato's beaked whale

Sato's beaked whale
Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present, 11.5–0 Ma
Illustration of Berardius minimus (black scale bar is 1 metre [3.3 ft])
Size compared to an average human
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Ziphiidae
Genus: Berardius
Species:
B. minimus
Binomial name
Berardius minimus
Yamada, Kitamura & Matsuishi, 2019

Sato's beaked whale (Berardius minimus; Japanese: Kurotsuchi-kujira) is a little-known species of four-toothed whale, a type of beaked whale.[3]

  1. ^ Brownell Jr., R.L. (2020). "Berardius minimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T178756893A178756918. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T178756893A178756918.en. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ "Berardius minimus Yamada, Kitamura & Matsuishi in Yamada, Kitamura, Abe, Tajima, Matsuda, Mead & Matsuishi, 2019". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 17 July 2021.