Arnoux
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Arnoux's beaked whale

Berardius arnuxii

AKA: southern four-toothed whale, southern or new zealand beaked whale, southern giant bottlenose whale, southern porpoise whale

Similar to Baird's beaked whale but smaller, Arnoux's beaked whale is brown with a lighter head and teeth exposed in both genders. Females are a bit bigger than males at almost 10 meters.

To learn more about Arnoux's beaked whales visit:

http://www.cetacea.org/arnouxs.htm

http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/4E3AD700F36CCB38802569CB0056FEAC