Bottlenose whale

Hyperoodon (or Hyperoödon)[2] is a genus of beaked whale, containing just two species: the Northern and Southern bottlenose whales.[3] 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.

Not to be confused with Bottlenose dolphin.

Bottlenose whales
Temporal range: Miocene-recent[1]
Size compared to an average human
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Ziphiidae
Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
Genus: Hyperoodon
Lacépède, 1804
Species
A Bottlenose Whale pictured above a Sperm Whale.

They are considered to be molluscivorous, eating mainly squid.[4]

See also

References
  1. "G. Bianucci, I. Miján, and O. Lambert. 2013. Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula. Geodiversitas".
  2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bottlenose Whale" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  3. "Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804". Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  4. Jarman, P. J; Lee, A. K.; Hall, L. S. "Fauna of Australia:Natural History of the Eutheria" (PDF). Retrieved 15 May 2015.


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