Hyperoodon planifrons

W. H. Flower, 1882

Southern 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

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., vol. 1882, 392, figs. 1, 2 ]

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28678763

Original name as described

Hyperoodon planifrons

Other common names

Antarctic Bottlenose · Flatheaded Bottlenosed Whale · Flower's Bottle-nosed Whale · Pacific Beaked Whale

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1882.3.24.1 (= BMNH:Mamm:1814a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/035a0c90-c55d-4ba8-8d1c-b61a8d65ada8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2ccc099a-4a8a-44a0-b4aa-c3f41ee437ba

Type locality

"found upon the sea-beach of Lewis Island in the Dampier Archipelago, north-western Australia."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Antarctica · Argentina · Australia · Brazil · Chile · Falkland Islands · New Zealand · South Africa · Uruguay

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006467

Country distribution map

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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 planifrons

W. H. Flower, 1882

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

planifrons

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1882.3.24.1 (= BMNH:Mamm:1814a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/035a0c90-c55d-4ba8-8d1c-b61a8d65ada8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2ccc099a-4a8a-44a0-b4aa-c3f41ee437ba

Authority page

393, 395

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28678763

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:199, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Davies (1963:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42155)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  6. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10708/50357964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

burmeisterei

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

burmeisterei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

740

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005:740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Hyperoodon Burmeisteri

F. P. Moreno, 1888

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

burmeisteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Buenos Aires

Hyperoodon planifronts

Lahille, 1905

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

planifronts

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

68

Authority publication

Revista del Jardín Zoológico de Buenos Aires

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