Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris

Classification

Ziphiidae [family]

Ziphius [genus] (1)

Ziphiidae [family]

Ziphius [genus] (1)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Saba Bank
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Aruba
	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Saba Bank
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten

Distribution description	Primary range in the Caribbean Sea.

Notes on presence status	Found stranded on St. Maarten, Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Sint Eustatius.

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Debrot, A.O., Esteban, N., Bervoets, T., Hoetjes, P.C., Scheidat, M. 2013. Marine mammals of the northeastern Caribbean Windward Dutch Islands: Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, and the Saba Bank. Caribbean Journal of Science 47: 159-172.
Debrot, A.O., Meyer, J.A. de, Dezentje, P.J.E. 1998. Additional records and a review of the Cetacean fauna of the Leeward Dutch Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 34: 204-210.
Debrot, A.O., Witte, R.H. & Scheidat, M. 2011. The marine mammals of the Dutch Caribbean: a comparison between EEZ sectors, contrasts and concerns. 8pp. IMARES, Den Helder.
MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.