Tropical bottlenose whale
| Tropical bottlenose whale | |
|---|---|
| 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: | Indopacetus Moore, 1968 |
| Species: | I. pacificus |
| Binomial name | |
| Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926) | |
| Tropical bottlenose whale range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mesoplodon pacificus Longman, 1926 | |
The tropical bottlenose whale (Indopacetus pacificus), also known as the Indo-Pacific beaked whale or Longman's beaked whale, was considered to be the world's rarest cetacean until recently, but the spade-toothed whale now holds that position. As of 2010, the species is now known from nearly a dozen strandings and over 65 sightings. This is the only species in the genus Indopacetus.