Baird’s Beaked Whale vs Katung Fa

Berardius bairdii compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baird’s Beaked Whale	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Hyperoodontidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Berardius	Alstonia
Species	Berardius bairdii	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Baird’s Beaked Whale

LC — Least Concern

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baird’s Beaked Whale	Katung Fa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baird’s Beaked Whale

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Baird’s Beaked Whale

The Baird’s Beaked Whale (Berardius bairdii) is a species in the genus Berardius. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.