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Long-finned pilot whale

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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/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 4
CITES Appendix
Appendix II 5
Scientific Name
Globicephala melas 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Globicephala, Taxa
Source Long-finned pilot whale (Wikidata)

In Biome

Open Ocean, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Globicephala melas
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Long-finned pilot whale (Wikipedia)
  • Whaling
    Though the Faroe Islands are home to the only remaining large scale long-finned pilot whale hunts in the world, this species has also been hunted historically elsewhere.
  • Infobox: status3
    CITES_A2
  • 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.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
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2. GBIF Species API
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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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4. NatureServe Explorer: Globicephala melas
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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5. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Globicephala melas
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES Appendix II
  • In Biome: Open Ocean, Habitat Regions, biome: pelagic
    pelagic pelagic
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