Hyperoodon planifrons Flower 1882
- Dataset
- Order Cetacea
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cetacea
- family
- Ziphiidae
- genus
- Hyperoodon
- species
- Hyperoodon planifrons
conservation
STATUS: CITES - Appendix I.
discussion
COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989 b). Moore (1968) erected the subgenus Frasercetus for this species.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere: circumpolar, antarctic to temperate waters, occasionally into tropical waters. May occur in the W North Pacific.
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: " found upon the sea-beach of Lewis Island in the Dampier Archipelago, North-western Australia. "
synonymic_list
SYNONYMS: burmeisterei.
Name
- Homonyms
- Hyperoodon planifrons Flower 1882