Genus Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hyperoodon Lacépède, B.G.É. 1804. Histoire naturelle des cétacées. In Buffon, G.L.L. de Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière. Nouv. édn. Paris : C.S. Sonnini xxxiii 329 pp. [319].

  Type species:

   Hyperoodon butskopf Lacépède, 1804 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259 [142]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Antitropical but absent from north Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central W coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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16-Dec-2010		19-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)