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Hyperoodon

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Hyperoodon

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Also known as the bottlenose whale genus

genus of mammals

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Hyperoodon is a genus of marine mammals within the family Ziphiidae. It belongs to the order Cetartiodactyla, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata. The genus was described by Lacépède in 1804 and is listed in Appendix I of CITES. Its taxonomic status is accepted, and it is included in the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.

Specimens of Hyperoodon are held by institutions in the United Kingdom, Mexico, France, and the United States, including NHMUK, USNM, MZLU, and UMZC. The genus has a common name in Lithuanian, aukštakakčiai snapuočiai.

Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

aukštakakčiai snapuočiai

PHYLUM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderCetartiodactyla
  5. FamilyZiphiidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded2,534,061,025

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
10
Family
Hyperoodontidae
Collections
NHMUK, USNM, MZLU, UMZC
Recorded in
United Kingdom, Mexico, France, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Faroe stamp 200 Hyperoodon ampullatus.jpg
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Commons category
Hyperoodon
taxon name
Hyperoodon
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Hyperoodon
CITES Appendix
Appendix I of CITES
taxon author citation
Lacépède, 1804
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Encyclopedic overview

A bottlenose whale pictured above a sperm whale.

Hyperoodon (or Hyperoödon) is a genus of beaked whale, containing just two species: the Northern and Southern bottlenose whales. While not in the genus Hyperoodon, Longman's beaked whales are alternatively called tropical bottlenose whales due to their physical features resembling those of bottlenose whales.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hyperoodon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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