Blainville’s Beaked Whale vs Katung Fa

Mesoplodon densirostris compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Blainville’s Beaked Whale is Data Deficient while Katung Fa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blainville’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	Mesoplodon	Alstonia
Species	Mesoplodon densirostris	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Blainville’s Beaked Whale

DD — Data Deficient

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blainville’s Beaked Whale

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Portugal, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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.

Blainville’s Beaked Whale

The Blainville’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) is a species in the genus Mesoplodon. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.