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Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Family: Ziphiidae beaked whales

Genus: Hyperoodon

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FAO

Arctic and Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 980 cm TL
Hyperoodon ampullatus(Forster, 1770)

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Hyperoodon ampullatus
[North Atlantic bottlenose whale]

FAO

Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci
Max. Length 780 cm TL
Hyperoodon planifronsFlower, 1882

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Hyperoodon planifrons
[Southern bottlenose whale]


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