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Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) Lacépède, 1804 
AphiaID: 254988

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Ziphiidae (Family) > Hyperoodon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subgenus
Parent Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804
Source  basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

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Species Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) ampullatus (Forster, 1770) represented as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770) (alternate representation)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254988
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-12-24 20:10:49Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) Lacépède, 1804. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254988 on 2013-05-19
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