North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale

Hyperoodon ampullatus

Summary 2

The northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) is a species of bottlenose whale in the ziphiid family, and being one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon. The northern bottlenose 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 1453 m (4767 ft).

Fontes e Créditos

  1. (c) WoRMS for SMEBD, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://images.marinespecies.org/resized/38782_northern-bottlenose-whales-spyhopping.jpg
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperoodon_ampullatus

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Occurrence North Sea