Caperea+Marginta

=Caperea Marginata (Pygmy Right Whale)=


 * Kingdom-** Animalia
 * Phylum-**Chordata
 * Class-** Mammalia
 * Order-**Cetartiodactyla
 * Family-** Neobalaenidae


 * Scientific Name:** //Caperea marginata//
 * Species Authority:** (Gray, 1846)

This species is listed as Data Deficient because we dont know alot about this animal. There is a absence of a population size estimate, and there is also a lack of known threats towards the species.
 * Year Assessed-** 2008

The Pygmy right whale is most likely found in: Argentina, Australia, Chile, Falkland Islands, Namibia, New Zealand, and South Africa. This whale is native in the Atlantic-southeast,southwest, Indian Ocean-western,antartic,eastern, Pacific-southeast, southwest.
 * __Location__**
 * Latitude-** 30

Lives deep in the southern hemisphere, and where the surface water is between 41 and 68°F (5 and 20°C). And there isnt much more known about where this animal lives. The salinity of the Indian ocean where right pygmy whales can be found varies between 32 and 37 parts per thousand, with large local differences.
 * __HABITAT__**


 * __APPEARANCE/ ANATOMY__**
 * The pygmy right whale is about 6.1-6.4 meters in length, and weighs a maximum of 4,5000 kg.
 * Males are usually a little smaller than females. T
 * They are dark grey on the dorsal side, and they get darker as they grow older. The ventral side of them is white.
 * The Caperea marginata has a small curved dorsal fin at the end of their body.
 * Their upper jaw is arched while the lower jaw is extended beyond their upper jaw.
 * Large lips.
 * They have two grooves in their throat which is similar to the grey whale.
 * They have a dark grey head which gets lighter as they age.
 * Pygmy right whales have small heads and blowholes, and they have more rib pairs than any other baleen whale.
 * Filter feed becasue they do not have teeth.
 * Its head is 1/4 of the size of its body.
 * Their head has more hairs than most whales.
 * They have very small eyes
 * The Pygmy right whale are found in pairs or by themselves.
 * Sometimes the groups can consist of up to 80 whales.
 * They are strong, fast swimmers

__**REPRODUCTION**__ Not much is known about the reproduction of this whale, but what is known is that the mother has one young per birth, and it is said that the gestation period for a mother Caperea Marginta whale is about 10-12 months.

__**MOVEMENT**__ These whales are usually always found in shallower waters near the coasts. Throughout the spring and summer they disperse and head South of 41 °C into waters with higher prey abundence.

__**FEEDING**__ Their diet consists mostly of copepods and other plankton, these whales use the method of surface-skimming to get their food. Right pygmy whales were never the direct target for fisheries unlike other whales. They are also unlikely to be affected by toxins in the water.
 * __THREATS__**

__//Economic importance & Consercation efforts//__ There isnt really anything about these whales that would benefit the economy, and there isnt a way to protect these whales becasue there is not enough information on them for marie biologists to study, But to prevent them from getting harmed from toxins people can stop littering and throwing harmful waste into the oceans.


 * 3 QUESTIONS: **


 * what do these whales usually eat?
 * what kind of threats do these whales face?
 * these whales _______ feed, to get their nutrition.