Bottlenose_whale

Bottlenose whale

Bottlenose whale

Genus of mammals

Not to be confused with Bottlenose dolphin.

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.

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A Bottlenose Whale pictured above a Sperm Whale.

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

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hyperoodon.
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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Bottlenose Whale".
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    "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".
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    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.
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    Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bottlenose Whale" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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    "Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804". Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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    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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