Hyperoodon(orHyperoödon)[3]is agenusofbeaked whale,containing just two species: theNorthernandSouthern bottlenose whales.[4]While not in the genusHyperoodon,Longman's beaked whalesare alternatively calledtropical bottlenose whalesdue to their physical features resembling those of bottlenose whales.
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Scientific classification
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| 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
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They are considered to bemolluscivorous,eating mainlysquid.[5]
References
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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".
- ^Wilson, D. E.;Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.).Johns Hopkins University Press.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.
- ^Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911)..Encyclopædia Britannica(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "HyperoodonLacépède, 1804 ".Retrieved15 May2015.
- ^ Jarman, P. J; Lee, A. K.; Hall, L. S."Fauna of Australia:Natural History of the Eutheria"(PDF).Retrieved15 May2015.
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