MammalverifiedLeast Concern

Hyperoodon planifrons

Flower, 1882

Antarctic Bottlenose

Also known as: Flat-Headed Bottle-Nosed Whale, Flower's Bottle-Nosed Whale, Pacific Beaked Whale, Southern Bottlenose Whale, Flatheaded Bottlenose Whale, Antarctic Bottlenose Whale

Verified againstWoRMS

About

Max size

9 m

Taxonomy

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetartiodactyla

Family

Ziphiidae

Other species in Ziphiidae

Mesoplodon bidens

North Atlantic Beaked Whale

Berardius bairdii

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

Hyperoodon ampullatus

Bottle-Head