Cuvier's Beaked Whale (
Ziphius cavirostris)is the Unidentified mysterious animal most widely distributed of all the
beaked whales. It is the only member of the
genus Ziphius. Another common name for the species is
Goose-beaked Whale on account of the fact that its head is said to be shaped like the beak of a
goose. During the Middle Ages, this animal was thought to be a monster with a fish's body and an owl's head.
Georges Cuvier first described it in 1823 from part of a skull found in
France in 1804.
Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris)is the Unidentified mysterious animal most widely distributed of all the beaked whales. It is the only member of the genus Ziphius. Another common name for the species is Goose-beaked Whale on account of the fact that its head is said to be shaped like the beak of a goose. During the Middle Ages, this animal was thought to be a monster with a fish's body and an owl's head. Georges Cuvier first described it in 1823 from part of a skull found in France in 1804.
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