Hector’s Beaked Whale vs Sapele

Mesoplodon hectori compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Key Differences

• Hector’s Beaked Whale is Data Deficient while Sapele is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hector’s Beaked Whale	Sapele
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Hyperoodontidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Mesoplodon	Entandrophragma
Species	Mesoplodon hectori	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Conservation Status

Hector’s Beaked Whale

DD — Data Deficient

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hector’s Beaked Whale	Sapele
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hector’s Beaked Whale

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.