Northern bottlenose whale
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The northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) is a species of beaked whale in the ziphiid family, being one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon. The northern bottlenose whale was hunted heavily by Norway and Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is one of the deepest-diving mammals known, reaching depths of 2,339 m (7,674 ft)[3] and capable of diving for up to 130 minutes.[4]
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Northern bottlenose whale | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Ziphiidae |
Genus: | Hyperoodon |
Species: | H. ampullatus |
Binomial name | |
Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770) | |
Northern bottlenose whale range (now out of date - see IUCN map below) |
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