Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882:392.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Western Australia, Dampier Arch., Lewis Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere, circumpolar, temperate to antarctic waters; occasionally into tropical waters.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411005002002001.