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Table 3 Body lengths of adult females and neonates of 19 out of 23 species of the family of Ziphiidae, including Longman’s beaked whale. The proportions of the body length of neonates against the body length of adult females within the 19 species are calculated (%)

From: The first record of a Longman’s beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus) newborn neonate found on Miyako Island, Okinawa, Japan

Species name

Body length (cm)

Proportion of neonate, NBL*1/FBL*2 (%)

Average (%)

Min & Max in the Family (%)

Source

Adult female

Neonate

Min

Max

Min

Max

Min NBL/Min FBL

Min NBL/Max FBL

Max NBL/Min FBL

Max NBL/Max FBL

Species

Family

Min

Max

Sowerby’s Beaked Whale

M. bidens

510

240

47.1

47.1

43.0

25.6

53.2

Jefferson et al. (2015)

Andrews’ Beaked Whale

M. bowdoini

440

220

50.0

50.0

Hubb’s Beaked Whale

M. carlhubbsi

530

540

250

47.2

46.3

46.7

Blainville’s Beaked Whale

M. densirostris

470

200

250

42.6

53.2

47.9

Gervais’ Beaked Whale

M. europaeus

480

210

43.8

43.8

Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale

M. ginkgodens

530

200

250

37.7

47.2

42.5

Gray’s Beaked Whale

M. grayi

530

210

220

39.6

41.5

40.6

Hector’s Beaked Whale

M. hectori

430

190

200

44.2

46.5

45.3

Strap-toothed Beaked Whale

M. layardii

620

300

48.4

48.4

True’s Beaked Whale

M. mirus

530

540

200

250

37.7

37.0

47.2

46.3

42.1

Pygmy Beaked Whale

M. peruvianus

370

390

160

43.2

41.0

42.1

Stejneger’s Beaked Whale

M. stejnegeri

570

230

250

40.4

43.9

42.1

Northern Bottlenose Whale

H. ampullatus

860

300

350

34.9

40.7

37.8

Southern Bottlenose Whale

H. planifrons

750

780

200

300

26.7

25.6

40.0

38.5

32.7

Cuvier’s Beaked Whale

Z. cavirostris

850

270

31.8

31.8

Shepherd’s Beaked Whale

T. shepherdi

660

300

340

45.5

51.5

48.5

Arnoux’s Beaked Whale

B. arnuxii

930

400

43.0

43.0

Baird’s Beaked Whale

B. bairdii

1110

460

41.4

41.4

Longman’s Beaked Whale

I. pacificus

565

648

235

291

41.6

36.3

51.5

44.9

43.6

36.3

51.5

Dalebout et al. (2003); Yamada et al. (2004); Yang et al. (2008); Yatabe et al. (2010); This publication

  1. ※1NBL:neonate’s body length
  2. ※2FBL:female’s body length