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Cephalopod prey of two Ziphius cavirostris (Cetacea) stranded on the western Mediterranean coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2000

C. Blanco  and
J.A. Raga
C. Blanco
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Animal and Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Universidad de Valencia, 46100 Burjasot, Valencia, Spain
J.A. Raga
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Animal and Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Universidad de Valencia, 46100 Burjasot, Valencia, Spain
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Abstract

The stomach contents of two Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris), male and female, stranded on the western Mediterranean coast were analysed. Food consisted exclusively of hard cephalopod remains. The character of this teuthophagous diet agrees with the offshore and deep diving behaviour of Z. cavirostris.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 80 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 381 - 382
Copyright
© 2000 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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