Hyperoodon ampullatus

(J. R. Forster in Kalm, 1770)

Northern Bottlenose Whale

Formerly in order Cetacea. Also as Bottlehead · Bottlie · Common Bottlenose Whale · Flounder's Head · North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale.
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Location:Portugal, Azores, off PicoDate taken:Jul 22, 2025

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7866

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Cetacea
Infraorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Ziphioidea
Family : Ziphiidae
Subfamily : Hyperoodontinae
Genus : Hyperoodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kalm, P. 1770. Travels into North America. Vol. I. William Eyres, Warrington, 400 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16660436

Original name as described

Balæna ampullata

Other common names

Bottlehead · Bottlie · Common Bottlenose Whale · Flounder's Head · North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Maldon (England).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Cape Verde · Canada · France · Faroe · Germany · Greenland · Iceland · Ireland · Netherlands · Norway · Portugal · Spain · Sweden · United Kingdom · United States · Denmark? · Mauritania? · Morocco? · Russia?

Subregion distribution

USA(RI, MA, NH, ME)

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006466

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 53 names and synonyms.

Balæna ampullata

(J. R. Forster in Kalm, 1770)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

ampullatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

18 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16660436

Authority publication

Warrington

Balæna rostrata

(O. F. Müller, 1776)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

rostratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499648

Authority publication

Copenhagen

Name usages

  1. Müller (1776:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37288)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Monodon spurius

(O. Fabricius, 1780)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

spurius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

31

Authority publication

Copenhagen

Name usages

  1. Shaw (1801:476, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19633080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  2. Gray (1821:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
  3. Melchior (1834:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)

Delphinus bidentatus

(Bonnaterre, 1789)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

bidentatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Paris

Delphinus butskopf

(Bonnaterre, 1789)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

butskopf

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Delphinus ? edentulus

(von Schreber, 1792)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

edentulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31078396

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1822:521, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  2. Lesson (1842:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Wagner (1846:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42534206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38195)

Delphinus Bidens

(G. K. Shaw, 1801)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

bidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

514

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19633132

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Shaw (1801:514, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19633132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  2. Schinz (1821:420, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  3. Lesson (1842:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Delphinus diodon

(de Lacépède, 1804)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

diodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RCS 2479

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

xliii, 309

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51130815 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51131167

Authority publication

Paris

Anarnak Groenlandicus

(de Lacépède, 1804)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

groenlandicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51131008

Authority publication

Paris

Delphinus bidens

(W. Turton, 1807)

Family

Ziphiidae

Root name

bidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

RCS 2479

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

17

Authority publication

book

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