Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) planifrons Flower 1882

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 740

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Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) planifrons Flower 1882
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Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) planifrons Flower 1882

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

Type Locality: "found upon the sea-beach of Lewis Island in the Dampier Archipelago, north-western Australia." .

Vernacular Names: Southern Bottlenose Whale.

Synonyms: Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) burmeisterei Moreno 1895 .

Distribution: Southern hemisphere: circumpolar, antarctic to temperate waters, rarely into tropical waters. May occur in the W North Pacific.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).

Discussion: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989 b). Moore (1968) erected the subgenus Frasercetus for this species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Ziphiidae

Genus

Hyperoodon

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Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) planifrons Flower 1882

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) planifrons

Flower 1882: 392
1882
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