Bottlenose whale

Genus of mammals

Bottlenose whales
Temporal range: Miocene-recent[1]
Size compared to an average human
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Ziphiidae
Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
Genus: Hyperoodon
Lacépède, 1804
Type species
Hyperoodon butskopf [2]
Lacépède, 1804
Species
  • H. ampullatus
  • H. planifrons
A Bottlenose Whale pictured above a Sperm Whale.

Hyperoodon (or Hyperoödon)[3] is a genus of beaked whale, containing just two species: the Northern and Southern bottlenose whales.[4] 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.

They are considered to be molluscivorous, eating mainly squid.[5]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hyperoodon.
Wikispecies has information related to Hyperoodon.
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Bottlenose Whale".
  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. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bottlenose Whale" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  4. ^ "Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804". Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  5. ^ 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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Extant Cetacea species
Parvorder Mysticeti (Baleen whales)
Balaenidae
Balaena
  • Bowhead whale (B. mysticetus)
Eubalaena
(Right whales)
  • Southern right whale (E. australis)
  • North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis)
  • North Pacific right whale (E. japonica)
Balaenopteridae
(Rorquals)
Balaenoptera
  • Common minke whale (B. acutorostrata)
  • Antarctic minke whale (B. bonaerensis)
  • Sei whale (B. borealis)
  • Bryde's whale (B. brydei)
  • Pygmy Bryde's whale (B. edeni)
  • Blue whale (B. musculus)
  • Omura's whale (B. omurai)
  • Fin whale (B. physalus)
  • Rice's whale (B. ricei)
Eschrichtius
  • Gray whale (E. robustus)
Megaptera
  • Humpback whale (M. novaeangliae)
Cetotheriidae
Caperea
  • Pygmy right whale (C. marginata)
Parvorder Odontoceti (Toothed whales)
Delphinidae
(Oceanic dolphins)
Cephalorhynchus
  • Commerson's dolphin (C. commersonii)
  • Chilean dolphin (C. eutropia)
  • Heaviside's dolphin (C. heavisidii)
  • Hector's dolphin (C. hectori)
Delphinus
  • Common dolphin (D. delphis)
Feresa
  • Pygmy killer whale (F. attenuata)
Globicephala
(Pilot whales)
  • Short-finned pilot whale (G. macrorhynchus)
  • Long-finned pilot whale (G. melas)
Grampus
  • Risso's dolphin (G. griseus)
Lagenodelphis
  • Fraser's dolphin (L. hosei)
Lagenorhynchus
  • White-beaked dolphin (L. albirostris)
  • Atlantic white-sided dolphin (L. acutus)
  • Peale's dolphin (L. australis)
  • Hourglass dolphin (L. cruciger)
  • Pacific white-sided dolphin (L. obliquidens)
  • Dusky dolphin (L. obscurus)
Lissodelphis
(Right whale dolphins)
  • Northern right whale dolphin (L. borealis)
  • Southern right whale dolphin (L. peronii)
Orcaella
  • Irrawaddy dolphin (O. brevirostris)
  • Australian snubfin dolphin (O. heinsohni)
Orcinus
  • Orca or killer whale (O. orca)
Peponocephala
  • Melon-headed whale (P. electra)
Pseudorca
  • False killer whale (P. crassidens)
Sotalia
  • Tucuxi (S. fluviatilis)
  • Guiana dolphin (S. guianensis)
Sousa
(Humpback dolphins)
  • Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (S. chinensis)
  • Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (S. plumbea)
  • Australian humpback dolphin (S. sahulensis)
  • Atlantic humpback dolphin (S. teuszii)
Stenella
  • Pantropical spotted dolphin (S. attenuata)
  • Clymene dolphin (S. clymene)
  • Striped dolphin (S. coeruleoalba)
  • Atlantic spotted dolphin (S. frontalis)
  • Spinner dolphin (S. longirostris)
Steno
  • Rough-toothed dolphin (S. bredanensis)
Tursiops
(Bottlenose dolphins)
  • Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (T. aduncus)
  • Burrunan dolphin (T. australis)
  • Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin (T. erebennus)
  • Common bottlenose dolphin (T. truncatus)
Monodontidae
Delphinapterus
  • Beluga whale (D. leucas)
Monodon
  • Narwhal (M. monoceros)
Phocoenidae
(Porpoises)
Neophocoena
(Finless porpoises)
  • Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (N. phocaenoides)
  • Yangtze finless porpoise (N. asiaeorientalis)
Phocoena
  • Spectacled porpoise (P. dioptrica)
  • Harbour porpoise (P. phocoena)
  • Vaquita (P. sinus)
  • Burmeister's porpoise (P. spinipinnis)
Phocoenoides
  • Dall's porpoise (P. dalli)
Physeteridae
Physeter
  • Sperm whale (P. macrocephalus)
Kogiidae
Kogia
  • Pygmy sperm whale (K. breviceps)
  • Dwarf sperm whale (K. simus)
Iniidae
Inia
  • Araguaian river dolphin (I. araguaiaensis)
  • Bolivian river dolphin (I. boliviensis)
  • Amazon river dolphin (I. geoffrensis)
Lipotidae
Lipotes
  • Baiji (L. vexillifer)
Platanistidae
Platanista
  • Ganges river dolphin (P. gangetica)
  • Indus river dolphin (P. minor)
Pontoporiidae
Pontoporia
  • La Plata dolphin (P. blainvillei)
Ziphiidae
(Beaked whales)
Berardius
  • Arnoux's beaked whale (B. arnuxii)
  • Baird's beaked whale (B. bairdii)
  • Sato's beaked whale (B. minimus)
Hyperoodon
(Bottlenose whales)
  • Northern bottlenose whale (H. ampullatus)
  • Southern bottlenose whale (H. planifrons)
Indopacetus
  • Tropical bottlenose whale (I. pacificus)
Mesoplodon
(Mesoplodont whales)
  • Sowerby's beaked whale (M. bidens)
  • Andrews' beaked whale (M. bowdoini)
  • Hubbs' beaked whale (M. carlhubbsi)
  • Blainville's beaked whale (M. densirostris)
  • Ramari's beaked whale (M. eueu)
  • Gervais's beaked whale (M. europaeus)
  • Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (M. ginkgodens)
  • Gray's beaked whale (M. grayi)
  • Hector's beaked whale (M. hectori)
  • Deraniyagala's beaked whale (M. hotaula)
  • Strap-toothed whale (M. layardii)
  • True's beaked whale (M. mirus)
  • Perrin's beaked whale (M. perrini)
  • Pygmy beaked whale (M. peruvianus)
  • Stejneger's beaked whale (M. stejnegeri)
  • Spade-toothed whale (M. traversii)
Tasmacetus
  • Shepherd's beaked whale (T. shepherdi)
Ziphius
  • Cuvier's beaked whale (Z. cavirostris)
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Odontocete genera
Xenorophidae
Waipatiidae
Squalodontidae
Squaloziphiidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Crown-Odontoceti
    • see below↓
Physeteroidea
Kogiidae
Physeteridae
Allodelphinidae?
Squalodelphinidae?
Platanistidae
Berardiinae
Ziphiinae
Hyperoodontinae
Delphinida
    • see below↓
Kentriodontidae
Lipotidae
Iniidae
Pontoporiidae
Monodontidae
Phocoenidae
Lissodelphininae
Delphininae
Globicephalinae
Taxon identifiers
Hyperoodon


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