Hyperoodon planifrons Flower 1882

Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882:392, figs. 1, 2. TYPE LOCALITY: "found upon the sea-beach of Lewis Island in the Dampier Archipelago, North-western Australia." DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere: circumpolar, antarctic to temperate waters, occasionally into...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: James G. Mead, Robert L. Brownell, Jr.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Ziphiidae
Hyperoodon
Hyperoodon planifrons
Antarc*
Antarctic
Lewis Island
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7155075
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Summary:Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882:392, figs. 1, 2. TYPE LOCALITY: "found upon the sea-beach of Lewis Island in the Dampier Archipelago, North-western Australia." DISTRIBUTION: Southern Hemisphere: circumpolar, antarctic to temperate waters, occasionally into tropical waters. May occur in the W North Pacific. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I. SYNONYMS: burmeisterei. COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989b). Moore (1968) erected the subgenus Frasercetus for this species. Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 361, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352970

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