Northern Bottlenose Whale
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Also known as: North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale, Northern Bottle-Nosed Whale, North Atlantic Bottle-Nosed Whale, Bottlehead, Bottlie
Habitat
Aquatic
Diet
Invertebrate
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
5800.0 kg
NTMammaliaCetaceaHyperoodontidae
Seasonal Activity
3,100 sightings · 2000–2026
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Hyperoodontidae
Traits
- Diet
- Invertebrate
- Foraging
- Aquatic
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 5800.0 kg
Photo
(c) Jean-François Rousseau, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jean-François Rousseau
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Occurrence data from GBIF.