| Southern bottlenose whale | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Ziphiidae |
| Genus: | Hyperoodon |
| Species: | H. planifrons
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyperoodon planifrons (Flower, 1882)
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| Southern bottlenose whale range | |
The southern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) is a species of whale, in the ziphiid family, one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon. Seldom observed, the southern bottlenose whale is resident in Antarctic waters. The species was first described by English zoologist William Henry Flower in 1882, based on a water-worn skull from Lewis Island, in the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. They live in deep ocean waters over 1000 meters.[3]
- ^ Lowry, L.; Brownell Jr.; R.L. (2020). "Hyperoodon planifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T10708A50357964. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T10708A50357964.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Southern bottlenose whale".