MammalverifiedNear Threatened

Hyperoodon ampullatus

(Forster, 1770)

Bottle-Head

Also known as: Bottlie, Common Bottlenose Whale, Flounder's Head, North Atlantic Bottle-Nosed Whale, Northern Bottlenose Whale, Northern Bottle-Nosed Whale, Bottle-Nosed Whale

Verified againstWoRMS

About

Max size

9 m

Taxonomy

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetartiodactyla

Family

Ziphiidae

Where to find it

occasional

Portugal (Azores)

Other species in Ziphiidae

Hyperoodon planifrons

Antarctic Bottlenose

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North Atlantic Beaked Whale

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Baird's Beaked Whale

Ziphius cavirostris

Cuvier's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon densirostris

Blainville's Beaked Whale

Tasmacetus shepherdi

Shepherd's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon hotaula

Deraniyagala's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon peruvianus

Bandolero Beaked Whale