Taxon data and maps: Hyperoodon planifrons

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
71
Common Name
Southern Bottlenose Whale
Authority
Flower,1882
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Cetacea
Family
Ziphiidae
Genus
Hyperoodon

©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1993
Catalogue id
2195A2
Photographer
Bain, Gordon

Data and maps

Observation / specimen counts

There are 26 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1982 to 2002.

26 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS

19 species distribution records are south of 60 deg south.

Habitat domain - Marine

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Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean cetacean program Details 13 data pts
Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean Details 12 data pts
Whale log - observations from ANARE voyages Details 1 data pts

Distribution map

Polar projection map of the occurrence records of this taxa.

Warning - Validation efforts are incomplete. There may be a few spurious positions that require editing.