Family Ziphiidae

REVIEWED BY: J. G. Mead (JGM); D. W. Rice (DWR); O. L. Rossolimo (OLR)(U.S. S.R.).

COMMENT: Called Hyperoodontidae by some authors, but see Van Bree, 1974, Bijdr. Dierk. D., 44(2):235-238. Family reviewed by Moore, 1968, Fieldiana Zool., 53:209-298.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411005000000000.