Diet
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squid mostly but also a variety of fish.
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Distribution
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in all oceans except Northern Indian Ocean and North Pacific (where they occurred historically off Japan).
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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Distribution
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Antarctica/Southern Ocean; Southeast Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean
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Habitat
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temperate and subpolar, mostly oceanic
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Habitat
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offshore; generally occupy areas of high relief or submerged banks.
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IUCN Red List Category
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Data Deficient (DD)
IUCN (2008) Cetacean update of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Morphology
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Distinguishing characteristics: black-coloured whales with a white belly, spherical melon and a robust body. No constriction at the neck and the body is quite cylindrical from the head backward to the region of the dorsal fin. Dorsal fin has a long base, it is low, directed backwards and is set for forward on the body. 8-13 teeth in each of the 4 jaws and flippers which are 1/5 of the body length.
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