Marine Mammals Information Database :Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals

Northern bottlenose whale

Scientific Name : Hyperoodon ampullatus / Japanese Name : kitatokkuri-kujira

Northern bottlenose whale

Details

Order Cetartiodactyla
Suborder Odontoceti
Family Ziphiidae
Genus Hyperoodon
Species ampullatus
Subspecies -
Subtype -
CITES Appendix II IUCN RedData Status Data Deficient
Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw - Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw 1(male only)
At birth At weaning Adult Adult male Adult female
Body length 3.6m - 26.0-33ft - -
Body weight - - - - -
Feature and Habit
They look stocky. The round melon connects to the long tube-like beak at sharp angle. There is a pair of teeth in the tip of the lower jaw and erupts only in males, but not visible when their mouth is closed. The dorsal fin is falcated and locates almost two-third of the body length from the tip of the rostrum. They are black or brown dorsally and lighter ventrally. They have various light color patterns in adult. The head of adults are lighter. They are pelagic. They are found single or in pods of 2 to 4 whales.
Description
Reference:
Stranding Record(s) in Japan
Map

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Sex F Reproductive Condition -
Body length - Locality Iude Sehild-Texae, Holland
Museum No. - Other No. -

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