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title: "Baleia-bicuda-de-sowerby"
description: "Mesoplodon bidens — Mamíferos. Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens), also known as the North Atlantic or North Sea beaked whale, is a species of toothed whale."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/north-atlantic-beaked-whale
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Baleia-bicuda-de-sowerby

> Mesoplodon bidens — Mamíferos. Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens), also known as the North Atlantic or North Sea beaked whale, is a species of toothed whale.

- Scientific name: *Mesoplodon bidens*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 103
- Wikidata: [Q215335](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215335)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41413](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41413)

## Names

- en: North Atlantic Beaked Whale
- de: Sowerby-Zweizahnwal
- es: Ballena De Pico De Sowerby
- fr: Mésoplodon de Sowerby
- nl: Gewone spitssnuitdolfijn
- pt: Baleia-bicuda-de-sowerby
- pl: Dziobowal dwuzębny

## Countries with the most observations

PT (17), GB (7), IE (3)

## Summary

Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens), also known as the North Atlantic or North Sea beaked whale, is a species of toothed whale. It was the first mesoplodont whale to be described. James Sowerby, an English naturalist and artist, first described the species in 1804 from a skull obtained from a male that had stranded in the Moray Firth, Scotland, in 1800. He named it bidens, which derives from the two teeth present in the jaw, now known to be a very common feature among the genus.

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

## Photo

![Baleia-bicuda-de-sowerby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/north-atlantic-beaked-whale/medium.jpg)

Photo: Thorburn, Archibald · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mesoplodon_bidens_British_mammals_(Pl._46)_(21866206616).jpg

## Machine access

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