Baird’s Beaked Whale Flipper Replica Cast
$1,114.00
The snout, called a beak, of Baird’s beaked whale is elongated and lacks all teeth except for one or two sets in the lower mandible, which are called “battle teeth” for their use in intra-species conflict.
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Description
Baird’s Beaked Whale Flipper & Ulna Replica measures 38.0 x 14.0 x 4.0 inches. Museum-quality polyurethane resin cast from California Academy of Sciences specimen: 1:1 scale. Made in USA. This cast includes the humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, and phalanges (the complete skeletal structure of the pectoral flipper).
Baird’s beaked whale is found in the northern Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan and the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk. Specimens have been recorded as far north as the Bering Sea and as far south as the Baja California peninsula.
Baird’s beaked whale is the largest of the beaked whales, has an estimated population around 30,000 individuals, sometimes reaching a maximum length of 42 feet. This species may be the only large beaked whale found in the North Pacific.
The small, rounded flippers are set toward the front of the body. The flukes, about ΒΌ of the whales’ body length, are not notched and have almost straight trailing edges.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Artiodactyla
- Infraorder: Cetacea
- Family: Ziphiidae
- Genus: Berardius
- Species: B. bairdii
- Binomial name: Berardius bairdii
- Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Additional information
| Weight | 39 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 38.0 × 14.0 × 4.0 in |
