Species Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882

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• Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, W.H. 1882. On the cranium of a new species of Hyperoodon from the Australian seas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 392-396 [392].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1814a–82.3.24.1 waterworn and damaged cranium, Lewis Is., Dampier Archipelago, WA.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Dampier Archipelago (the type locality), circumglobal, Southern Hemisphere only, mainly temperate to polar waters.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Gregarious, oceanic, pelagic, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Diet consists largely of squid and cuttlefish.

 

General References

Bannister, J.L., Kemper, C.M. & Warneke, R.M. 1996. The Action Plan for Australian Cetaceans. Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency 242 pp.

Dalebout, M.L., van Helden, A., van Waerebeek, K. & Baker, C.S. 1998. Molecular genetic identification of southern hemisphere beaked whales. Molecular Ecology 7: 687-694

Davis, G. & Guiler, E.R. 1984. The occurrence of the southern bottle-nosed whale in Tasmanian waters. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 118: 103-107

Dixon, J.M., Frigo, L. & Moyle, R.L.C. 1994. New information on the southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons (Cetacea: Ziphiidae), from a recent stranding in Victoria, Australia. Australian Mammalogy 17: 85-95

Gaskin, D.E. 1972. Whales, Dolphins and Seals, with Special Reference to the New Zealand Region. London : Heinemann 200 pp.

Hale, H.M. 1931. Beaked whales — Hyperoodon planifrons and Mesoplodon layardii — from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 291-311

Leatherwood, S. & Reeves, R.R. 1983. The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books xviii 302 pp.

Mead, J.G. 1989. Bottlenose whales - Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770) and Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882. pp. 321-348 in Ridgway, S.H. & Harrison, R.J. (eds). Handbook of Marine Mammals. Volume 4. River dolphins and the larger toothed whales. London : Academic Press 442 pp.

Warneke, R.M. 1983. Whale stranding — accident or design. Australian Natural History 21: 43-47

Watson, L. 1981. Sea Guide to Whales of the World. London : Hutchinson 302 pp.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Southern Bottle-nosed Whale)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Jun-2024		11-Jun-2024	MOVED
11-Jun-2024		11-Jun-2024	MOVED
16-Dec-2010		16-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
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