The long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) is a large oceanic dolphin, despite its common name, distinguished from its close relative the short-finned pilot whale by its unusually long pectoral fins. Females reach up to 6 meters and about 2,500 kilograms, while males grow to 7.6 meters and up to 4,500 kilograms, making it the second largest member of the dolphin family after the orca; it has a bulbous forehead and is black or dark gray with light gray or white markings on the throat and belly, including an anchor shaped patch on the throat. It lives in the North Atlantic and across much of the Southern Hemisphere, from the eastern United States and Canada to the Faroe Islands and western Europe, and south into Antarctic waters as far as 68 degrees south, hunting squid, octopus, crustaceans and fish such as lanternfish, Atlantic herring and Atlantic mackerel as an apex predator. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
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Source Long-finned pilot whale (Wikidata)
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Antarctica, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Brazil, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: New Zealand, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Venezuela, found in there.
Sources
1. Long-finned pilot whale (Wikipedia)
system (entity description states it plainly, diet)
It lives in the North Atlantic and across much of the Southern Hemisphere, from the eastern United States and Canada to the Faroe Islands and western Europe, and south into Antarctic waters as far as 68 degrees south, hunting squid, octopus, crustaceans and fish such as lanternfish, Atlantic herring and Atlantic mackerel as an apex predator.
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. Long-finned pilot whale (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q207744 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Globicephala, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q459616 (Globicephala)
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