Nombres comunes
Español: Ballena picuda de Cuvier; Ballena de Cuvier; Zifio de Cuvier
Inglés: Cuvier´s beaked whale; Goosebeak whale; Goose-beaked Whale
Nombre científico
Ziphius cavirostris
Reino
Animalia
División / Phyllum
Chordata
Clase
Mammalia
Orden
Cetacea
Familia
Ziphiidae
Género
Ziphius
Sinonimia
Aliama desmarestii. Gray, 1864; Aliama indica. Gray, 1865; Delphinorhynchus australis. Burmeister, 1865; Delphinus desmaresti. Risso, 1826; Delphinus philippii. Cocco, 1846; Epiodon australe. Burmeister, 1867; Epiodon australis. Gray, 1871; Epiodon chathamiensis. Hector, 1873; Epiodon cryptodon. Gray, 1870; Epiodon desmarestii. Carus, 1893; Epiodon heraultii. Gray, 1872; Epiodon patachonicum. Burmeister, 1867; Hyperodon semijunctus. Cope, 1865; Hyperondon semijunctus. Hall y Kelson, 1959; Hyperoodon capensis. Gray, 1865; Hyperoodon desmarestii. Gray, 1850; Hyperoodon doumetii. Gray, 1850; Hyperoodon gervaisii. Duvernoy, 1851; Petrorhynchus capensis. Gray, 1865; Petrorhynchus indicus. Gray, 1865; Petrorhynchus mediterraneus. Gray, 1871; Ziphiorrhynchus cryptodon. Burmeister, 1865; Ziphius aresques. Gray, 1871; Ziphius australis. Trouessart, 1904; Ziphius cavirostris indicus. Deraniyagala, 1945; Ziphius chatamensis. Lahille, 1899; Ziphius chathamensis. Flower, 1885; Ziphius chathamiensis. Iredale y Troughton, 1934; Ziphius cryptodon. Fischer, 1857; Ziphius decavirostris. Gray, 1871; Ziphius grebnitzkii. Stejneger, 1883; Ziphius indicus. Van Beneden, 1863; Ziphius novaezealandiae. Haast, 1876; Ziphius savii. Richiardi, 1873; Zyphius chathamensis. Moreno, 1895
Nota Taxonómica
CUVIER G (1823) Recherches sur les ossemensfossiles, 2nd ed., 5(1). Paris. page(s): 350, 352, pl. 7