328560Mesoplodon europaeusData Deficient (DD)<i>Mesoplodon europaeus</i> (Gervais, 1855)gervais's beaked whaleZifio de gervaisbrMezoplodon Gervaiscsvorvaňovec antilskýcsvorvaňovec evropskýcsvorvaňovec GervaisůvdaGervais' næbhvalenAntillean Beaked WhaleenEuropean beaked whaleenGervais' beaked whaleengervais's beaked whaleenGulf Stream beaked whaleesBallena de pico de gervaisesMesoplodon europaeusesZifio de gervaisfrbaleine frbaleine à bec de GervaisfrMésoplodon de gervaisjaヒガシアメリカオウギハクジラnlEuropese spitssnuitdolfijnptBaleia-bicuda-de-gervais2000. "The Azorean Whale Watching Base technical file: *Mesoplodon europaeus* - Gervais beaked whale" (On-line). Accessed Sept 22, 2001 at http://www.espacotalassa.com/gb/16_species/docs/m_europaeus.htm .10470110470325904false12001. "Cetacea: *Mesoplodon europaeus* (Gervais' Beaked Whale)" (On-line). Accessed Sept 17, 2001 at http://www.cetacea.org/gervais.htm .10471110471325904false12001. "Australian Museum Online: Viper Fish, *Chauliodus sloani* Bloch & Schneider, 1801" (On-line). Accessed Sept 17, 2001 at http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/csloani.htm .10472110472325904false1Debrot, A., N. Barros. 1992. Notes on a Gervais' beaked whale *Mesoplodon europaeus*, and a dwarf sperm whale, *Kogia simus*, stranded in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Marine Mammal Science, 8, No. 2: 172-178.10473110473325904false1Lynn, S., D. Reiss. 1992. Pulse sequence and whistle production by two captive beaked whales, *Mesoplodon* species. Marine Mammal Science, 8, No. 3: 299-305.10474110474325904false1Martin, V., R. Vonk, S. Escorza, R. Montero. 1990. Records of Gervais' beaked whale *Mesoplodon europaeus* on the Canary Islands. Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 2-4 March 1990: 95.10475110475325904false1McLeod, C. 2000a. Review of the distribution of *Mesoplodon* species (Order Cetacea, family Ziphiidae) in the North Atlantic. 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Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore.73094717309472391404false1This species is assumed to be a deep diver (6) that only comes close to the shore to give birth, as many strandings are females with their newborn calves, and sightings of this whale are extremely rare (5). Gervais' beaked whale is nearly impossible to distinguish from other beaked whales when sighted at sea (2). Females are thought to be larger than males, becoming sexually mature at 4.5 m and giving birth to highly dependent young of just 2.1 m. The species is known to live to at least 27 years in the wild (2).</p><p>They are thought to live in couples or small groups, and fighting between males is assumed to occur as stranded males are highly scarred. However, the distinctive tooth marks of the cookie-cutter shark and the orca have been seen on individuals as well. 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