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title: "Dolfijn van Cuvier"
description: "Ziphius cavirostris — Zoogdieren. Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-beaked whale, or ziphius (Ziphius cavirostris) is the most widely distributed of all beaked whales in the family Ziphiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/cuvier-s-beaked-whale
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dolfijn van Cuvier

> Ziphius cavirostris — Zoogdieren. Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-beaked whale, or ziphius (Ziphius cavirostris) is the most widely distributed of all beaked whales in the family Ziphiidae.

- Scientific name: *Ziphius cavirostris*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 503
- Wikidata: [Q623173](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q623173)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41428](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41428)

## Names

- en: Cuvier's Beaked Whale
- de: Cuvier-Schnabelwal
- es: Ballena picuda de Couvier
- fr: Ziphius de Cuvier
- nl: Dolfijn van Cuvier
- pt: Baleia-bicuda-de-cuvier
- pl: Zyfia gęsiogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

EC (10), IT (10), IS (8), ES (7), MX (7), NZ (6), BM (5), CA (3), IE (3), PT (3)

## Summary

Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-beaked whale, or ziphius (Ziphius cavirostris) is the most widely distributed of all beaked whales in the family Ziphiidae. It is among the largest beaked whales but smaller than most baleen whales, reaching lengths of about 4.5–8 metres (15–26 ft) and weights of 1,800–3,100 kg (4,000–6,800 lb).
This species is pelagic, inhabiting deep offshore waters far from coastlines, typically deeper than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). They reside mostly in temperate, tropical, and subtropical areas of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
Cuvier's beaked whale holds the record for both the deepest…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuvier%27s_beaked_whale

## Photo

![Dolfijn van Cuvier](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cuvier-s-beaked-whale/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191906213

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cuvier-s-beaked-whale?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).