Shepherd's Beaked Whale

Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver 1937

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Tasmacetus shepherdi (Shepherd's Beaked Whale) is a species of mammals in the family beaked whales.

EOL has data for 12 attributes, including:

body mass
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001259
- Definition: The amount of matter in the body of an organism.
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2500000
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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340 cm
diet breadth
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DietBreadth
- Definition: Number of dietary categories eaten by an organism.
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1
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Southern Ocean
habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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marine
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000569
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on a sea or ocean containing high concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (typically >35 grams dissolved salts per litre).
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habitat breadth
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/HabitatBreadth
- Definition: Number of habitat layers used by an organism
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1
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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temperate ocean
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TemperateOcean
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population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Unknown

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Shepherd's Beaked Whale. View this species on GBIF

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