Sato's beaked whale
| Sato's beaked whale Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present, | |
|---|---|
| Illustration of Berardius minimus (black scale bar is 1 metre [3.3 ft]) | |
| Size compared to an average human | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
| 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.