Submit your pet
Stumble this page!
Some facts about the
Short-finned pilot whale
Adult weight : 2200 kg (4840 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 63 years
Female maturity :3470 days
Male maturity : 5332 days
Gestation : 452 days
Weaning : 730 days
Litter size : 1
Interval between litters : 1095 days
Weight at birth : 60 kg (132 lbs)
Mortality rate doubling time : 20 years
Short-finned pilot whale
Order : Cetacea
Suborder : Odontoceti
Family : Delphinidae
Species : Globicephala macrorhynchus
The Pacific pilot whale, short-finned pilot whale is listed as Conservation Dependent (LR/cd), the focus of a continuing taxon-specific or habitat-specific conservation programme targeted towards the taxon in question, the cessation of which would result in the taxon qualifying for one of the threatened categories below within a period of five years, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the shortfinned pilot whale
A young / baby of a shortfinned pilot whale is called a 'calf'. The females are called 'cow' and males 'bull'. A shortfinned pilot whale group is called a 'gam, pod or herd'.Countries
Australia, Bermuda, Burma, Canada, China, Ecuador, Eritrea, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Martinique, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, United States, Venezuela and Virgin Islands
Facts about the short-finned pilot whale
Although an extremely social species, Short-Finned Pilot Whales are not normally acrobatic, preferring to move slowly and float at the surface. (Full text)
The Short-Finned Pilot whale is a stocky whale with a low rounded dorsal fin that is set one-third of the way along it's body. (Full text)
Although an extremely social species, Short-Finned Pilot Whales are not normally acrobatic, preferring to move slowly and 'log' at the surface. (Full text)
Description: The Short-Finned Pilot Whale is a fairly stocky whale, with low, rounded dorsal fin that is set one-third of the way along the body (in the young, the dorsal is more triangular). (Full text)
Short-finned Pilot Whale Skull - The short-finned pilot whale is found throughout most of the tropical and temperate waters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. (Full text)
Short-finned pilot whales are found throughout the warmer waters of the north Pacific, but can go as far north as southeast Alaska. (Full text)
Short-finned pilot whales are gregarious animals and rarely found alone. (Full text)
The short-finned pilot whale is a distinctive, medium-sized whale. (Full text)
Globicephala macrorhynchus is the bulbous to squarish melon head and very short beak. (Full text)
The Short-finned Pilot Whale is a squid specialist and it is the movements and abundance or otherwise of these prey species that influences the location and activity of pilot whales. (Full text)
Short-finned pilot whales are capable of diving to depths of at least 610 m (2,000 ft. (Full text)
Short finned pilot whales are seen in all months of the year in the Sea of Cortez, but are unpredictable. (Full text)
The behavior of the Short-finned pilot whale is similar to that of a dolphin rather than that of a whale. (Full text)
The Short- Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala Macrorhynchus) is one among the various specie of whales inhabiting tropical waters like Sarangani Bay. (Full text)
Conservation Status: The Short-Finned Pilot Whale is common (Full text)
The short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) is one among the various species of whales inhabiting tropical waters like Sarangani Bay. (Full text)