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Pygmy Sperm Whale
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Pygmy Sperm Whale Description |
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A small,
toothed whale; upperparts, top of pectoral fins, and
flukes blackish; underparts and upper lip, white; dorsal
fin small, situated posterior to the mid-point on back,
the tip pointing backwards; pectoral fin short and "spear-shaped";
blowhole an oblique crescent left of midline; mouth
small and subterminal; snout blunt; skull short, broad,
spongy, and markedly asymmetrical; left naris large,
right one degenerate, as in the sperm whale; front part
of skull deeply bowl-shaped; teeth small, slender, and
widely spaced, 12-16 in each lower jaw; total length
2-4 m. Measurements of one whale: total length, 3.2
m; snout to anterior edge of dorsal fin, 1.7 m; height
of dorsal fin, 76 mm; length of pectoral fin, 495 mm.
Weight of adults, more than 300 kg.
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