#0124 · 🦊 mammals

Short-finned Pilot Whale

🇳🇱 Indische Griend ·Globicephala macrorhynchus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © A Emmerson · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Andrés E. Ríos Saldaña · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Rafael de la Parra · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Joachim S. Müller · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Christine Veeschkens · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © Joachim S. Müller · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Joachim S. Müller · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The short-finned pilot whale ( Globicephala macrorhynchus ) is one of the two species of cetaceans in the genus Globicephala . It is part of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae), though its behaviour is closer to that of the larger whales.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,445iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,445 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1846 (180 years ago).