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  • North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale, 1 of 4
    Photo 1 of 4

    (c) Jean-François Rousseau, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 2 of 4

    (c) Jean-François Rousseau, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale, 3 of 4
    Photo 3 of 4

    (c) Anne Schlösser, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 4 of 4

    (c) WoRMS for SMEBD, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale

Hyperoodon ampullatus

IUCN Red List status: Near threatened

IUCN Red List status

Worldwide
239 observations
Group
Mammals
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About

The northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) is a species of bottlenose whale in the ziphiid family, and being one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon. The northern bottlenose was hunted heavily by Norway and Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is one of the deepest diving mammals known, reaching depths of 1453 m (4767 ft).

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