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Genus: Ziphius
This left anterolateral view of the skull of a male Cuvier's Beaked Whale shows the peribullary sinuses (blue), air spaces that surround the bony ear complex (tympanoperiotic complex). The pr read more »
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Image of an adult male Ziphius cavirostris reconstructed from CT read more »
This left anterolateral view is reconstructed from CT scans. The image shows the skull (white), the anterior spermaceti organ (magenta), and the melon (yellow).