Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823
|Threat status Europe||Data Deficient (IUCN)|
|EU conservation status by biogeographical region||Marine Atlantic - Unknown|
|Marine Macaronesian - Unknown|
|Marine Mediterranean - Unfavourable-Inadequate|
|Protected by||EU Habitats Directive and 6 other international agreements|
|Most preferred habitats||
|Natura 2000 species code||2035|
Threat and conservation status
IUCN Red List status of threatened species
The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.
EU conservation status
Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2007-2012 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
Common names and synonyms
|Hyperoodon capensis||Gray, 1856|
|EoL||Encyclopedia of Life|
|Fauna Europaea search||Fauna Europaea|
|GBIF search||Global Biodiversity Information Facility|
|Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary|
|ITIS (Valid name)||Interagency Taxonomic Information System|
|NCBI search||National Center for Biotechnology Information|
|PESI (Accepted)||Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure|
|Species+||Species+ by UNEP-WCMC|
|WoRMS||World Register of Marine Species|
Files delivered through Reportnet with relevance to this species.
Summary of derogations for species
EU member states are required to report derogations from protection efforts of species.
|Liguria||2014-09-19||2014-12-31||40 individuals in the period 2014-2017||Tissue sampling for genetical analyses||No evidence of a significant impact|
|Toscana||2014-09-19||2014-12-31||40 individuals in the period 2014-2017||Tissue sampling for genetical analyses||No evidence of a significant impact|
|Malta||2011-05-10||2011-12-31||Since it was not possible to determine beforehand the number of specimens which would be stranded, a limit was not given.||Capture||Since this derogation relates to the measurement of a dead stranded specimen, it was deemed that this derogation would not have a negative impact on the population.|