Hyperoodon

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Hyperoodon - bottle-nosed whales

mammal genus - a genus of mammals

family Hyperodontidae, family Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, Ziphiidae - beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae

bottlenose whale, bottle-nosed whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus, bottlenose - northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead

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Las especies de afinidad templada (delfin de rostro blanco, Lagenorhynchus albirostris; ballena piloto, Globicephala melas; zifio de frente plana del norte, Hyperoodon ampullatus) contrajeron sus intervalos y disminuyeron en abundancia, mientras que las especies restringidas a aguas calidas (delfin comun, Delphinus delphis; delfin rayado, Stenella coeruleoalba) expandieron su distribucion.

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NAME: Northern bottle-nosed whaleCLASS: Mammalia: MammalsORDER: Cetacea: WhalesFAMILY: Ziphiidae: Beaked WhalesSCIENTIFIC NAME: Hyperoodon ampullatusDIET: Squid, fishSIZE: 7.

WHALE MISS YOU, WILLY; How a wayward sea creature captured the hearts of the nation

The worldwide population of Hyperoodon Ampullatus is not known, but they are thought to have been seriously depleted by heavy whaling activity during the last century.