Hyperoodon ampullatus

(J. R. Forster, 1770)

Northern Bottlenose Whale

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Cetacea
Parvorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Ziphioidea
Family : Ziphiidae
Genus : Hyperoodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Forster, J.R. 1770. [Footnote]. Pp. 18 in Kalm, P. Travels into North America. Volume 1. T. Lowndes, London, vol. 1, 18

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16660436

Original name as described

Balaena ampullata

Other common names

Bottlehead · Bottlie · Common Bottlenose Whale · Flounder's Head · North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Maldon (England).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Cape Verde · Canada · France · Faroe · Germany · Greenland · Iceland · Ireland · Netherlands · Norway · Portugal · Spain · Sweden · United Kingdom · United States · Denmark? · Mauritania? · Morocco? · Russia?

Subregion distribution

USA(RI,MA,NH,ME)

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006466

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hyperoodon latifrons

J. E. Gray, 1847

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

latifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.7.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b661f30b-f05d-4c0c-a883-6140c4668f9a

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957458

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Balaena ampullata

(J. R. Forster, 1770)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

ampullatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16660436

Authority publication

book

Delphinus butskopf

(Bonnaterre, 1789)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

butskopf

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Delphinus bidens

(G. K. Shaw, 1801)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

bidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

514

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19633132

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lesson (1842:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Delphinus Chemnitzianus

(de Blainville in A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

chemnitzianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18037868

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

delphinus hyperoodon

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

hyperoodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

521

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521965

Authority publication

Paris

Heterodon Dalei

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

dalei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

419

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207886

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:419, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Hyperoodon honfloriensis

Lesson, 1828

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

honfloriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

137, 140

Authority publication

Paris

Delphinus quadridens

(Burguet, 1843)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

quadridens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

304

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32905562

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux

Delphinus diodon

(de Lacépède, 1804)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

diodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RCS 2479

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

xliii, 309

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51130815 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51131167

Authority publication

Paris

Delphinus bidens

(Turton, 1807)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

bidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

RCS 2479

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

17

Authority publication

book

delphinus hunteri

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

hunteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RCS 2479

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

520

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521964

Authority publication

Paris

Hyperoodon bidens

Fleming, 1828

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

bidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

RCS 2479

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

36

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Balaena rostrata

(O. F. Müller, 1776)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

rostratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499648

Authority publication

Copenhagen

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Heterodon Chemnitzianum

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

chemnitzianum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

418

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207885

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:418, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Heterodon Hunteri

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

hunteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

418

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207885

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:418, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Heterodon hyperoodon

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

hyperoodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

419

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207886

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:419, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Heterodon nnarnacum

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

nnarnacum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

418

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207885

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:418, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Delphinus Groënlandicus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

groenlandicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

200

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Hyperoodon ampullatus

J. L. Davies, 1963

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

ampullatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority publication

Evolution

Name usages

  1. Davies (1963:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42155)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10707/50357742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Monodon spurius

(O. Fabricius, 1780)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

spurius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

31

Authority publication

Copenhagen

Delphinus bidentatus

(Bonnaterre, 1789)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

bidentatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Paris

Delphinus ? edentulus

(von Schreber, 1792)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

edentulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31078396

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Lesson (1842:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Anarnak Groenlandicus

(de Lacépède, 1804)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

groenlandicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51131008

Authority publication

Paris

Delphinus Butzkopf

(Illiger, 1811)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

butzkopf

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

144

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48453849

Authority publication

Berlin

Delphinus Butskode

(A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

butskode

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18037869

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Hyperoodon borealis

S. Nilsson, 1820

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

622

Authority publication

Lund

delphinus anarnacus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

anarnacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

520

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521964

Authority publication

Paris

Ceto-diodon Hunteri

(Jacob, 1825)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

hunteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

72

Authority publication

Dublin Philosophical Journal

Hyperoodon Butzkopf

F. Cuvier, 1836

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

butzkopf

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

241

Authority publication

Paris

Hyperoodon rostratum

Wesmael, 1841

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

rostratum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58851734

Authority publication

Nouveaux mémoires de l'Académie royale des Sciences et belles-lettres de Bruxelles

Hyperhoodon Butzpopf

P. Gervais, 1850

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

butzpopf

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13433481

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Hyperoodon Baussardi

Duvernoy, 1851

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

baussardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13432848

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Delphinus hyperoodon

(Schlegel, 1862)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

hyperoodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52276394

Authority publication

Haarlem

Hyperoödon rostratus

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

rostratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

590

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306384

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:590, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Hyperoodon butzkoff

Beddard, 1900

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

butzkoff

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

222

Authority publication

book

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