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Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) ampullatus (Forster, 1770)

137120  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137120)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Tetrapoda (Megaclass)
  7. Mammalia (Class)
  8. Theria (Subclass)
  9. Cetartiodactyla (Order)
  10. Cetancodonta (Suborder)
  11. Cetacea (Infraorder)
  12. Odontoceti (Superfamily)
  13. Ziphiidae (Family)
  14. Hyperoodon (Genus)
  15. Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) (Subgenus)
  16. Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) ampullatus (Species)
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Species
marine, terrestrial
(of Balaena ampullata Forster, 1770) Kalm, P. (1770). Travels into North America : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. 1:1-400., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23971020
page(s): 18; note: In the footnote [details] 
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) ampullatus (Forster, 1770). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137120 on 2025-04-02
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2007-12-24 20:10:49Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z
checked
Perrin, William
2009-04-01 16:57:11Z
changed
Perrin, William

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Nomenclature

original description (of Balaena ampullata Forster, 1770) Kalm, P. (1770). Travels into North America : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. 1:1-400., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23971020
page(s): 18; note: In the footnote [details] 

basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. 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. 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details] 

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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

 
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 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

  • Unreviewed
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Netherlands
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • (no group)
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Morphology See Hyperoodon ampullatus [details]
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