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(Redirected from Hyperoodon) Genus of mammals Not to be confused with Bottlenose dolphin.

Bottlenose whales
Temporal range: Miocene-recent
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
Lacépède, 1804
Species
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.

They are considered to be molluscivorous, eating mainly squid.

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. 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.
Extant Cetacea species
Parvorder Mysticeti (Baleen whales)
Balaenidae
Balaena
Eubalaena
(Right whales)
Balaenopteridae
(Rorquals)
Balaenoptera
Eschrichtius
Megaptera
Cetotheriidae
Caperea
Parvorder Odontoceti (Toothed whales)
Delphinidae
(Oceanic dolphins)
Cephalorhynchus
Delphinus
Feresa
Globicephala
(Pilot whales)
Grampus
Lagenodelphis
Lagenorhynchus
Lissodelphis
(Right whale dolphins)
Orcaella
Orcinus
Peponocephala
Pseudorca
Sotalia
Sousa
(Humpback dolphins)
Stenella
Steno
Tursiops
(Bottlenose dolphins)
Monodontidae
Delphinapterus
Monodon
Phocoenidae
(Porpoises)
Neophocoena
(Finless porpoises)
Phocoena
Phocoenoides
Physeteridae
Physeter
Kogiidae
Kogia
Iniidae
Inia
Lipotidae
Lipotes
Platanistidae
Platanista
Pontoporiidae
Pontoporia
Ziphiidae
(Beaked whales)
Berardius
Hyperoodon
(Bottlenose whales)
Indopacetus
Mesoplodon
(Mesoplodont whales)
Tasmacetus
Ziphius
Odontocete genera
Odontoceti
Odontoceti
Xenorophidae
Waipatiidae
Squalodontidae
Squaloziphiidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Crown-Odontoceti
    • see below↓
Crown-Odontoceti
Physeteroidea
Kogiidae
Physeteridae
Platanistoidea
Allodelphinidae?
Squalodelphinidae?
Platanistidae
Ziphiidae
Berardiinae
Ziphiinae
Hyperoodontinae
Delphinida
    • see below↓
Delphinida
Delphinida
Kentriodontidae
Lipotidae
Inioidea
Iniidae
Pontoporiidae
Delphinoidea
Monodontidae
Phocoenidae
Delphinidae
Lissodelphininae
Delphininae
Globicephalinae
Taxon identifiers
Hyperoodon


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