Order Artiodactyla Family Ziphiidae Scientific name Hyperoodon Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Subfamily Hyperoodontinae Higher classification Beaked whale | |
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Lower classifications Northern bottlenose whale, Southern bottlenose whale | ||
Northern bottlenose whale species identification
Hyperoodon (or Hyperoödon) is a genus of beaked whale, containing just two species: the Northern and Southern bottlenose whales. Longman's beaked whales are alternatively called tropical bottlenose whales due to their physical features resembling those of bottlenose whales.
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They are considered to be molluscivorous, eating mainly squid.
Bottlenose whale
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