Globicephala macrorhynchus North Pacific pilot whale, Pacific Pilot Whale, Short-finned Pilot Whale

Globicephala macrorhynchusis commonly referred to as North Pacific pilot whale, Pacific Pilot Whale, Short-finned Pilot Whale. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

4277 

AphiaID:

137096 

Scientific:

Globicephala macrorhynchus 

German:

Kurzflossen-Grindwal, Indischer Grindwal 

English:

North Pacific Pilot Whale, Pacific Pilot Whale, Short-finned Pilot Whale 

Category:

Mammals 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Delphinidae (Family) > Globicephala (Genus) > macrorhynchus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gray, 1846 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Barbados, Ghana, El Salvador, West Sahara, Guadeloupe, Benin, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, Alor, American Samoa, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Austral Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bay of Biscay, Belize, Borneo (Kalimantan), Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada , Chile, China, Columbia, Congo, Cook Islands, Corea, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, East cost of USA, East-Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Indian Ocean, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Liberia, Macquarie Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Micronesia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, North Atlantic Ocean, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Raja Amat, Réunion , Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Tasmania (Australia), Thailand, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, Timor, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, U.S., Wallis and Futuna, West Coast USA, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

1 - 2418 Meter 

Size:

141.73" - 283.46" (360cm - 720cm) 

Weight:

3.6 t 

Temperature:

68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Sepia 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix I (trade generally prohibited)) 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Globicephala macrorhynchus
  Kurzflossen-Grindwal, Indischer Grindwal
• 
  Globicephala melas
  Grindwal, Pilotwal, Langflossen-Grindwal, Atlantischer Grindwal, Grindahvalur

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-03-31 20:02:56 

Last edit:

2020-09-22 15:38:34 

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