Southern bottlenose whale

Southern bottlenose whale

Order : Cetacea
Suborder : Odontoceti
Family : Ziphiidae
Species : Hyperoodon planifrons

The Flatheaded bottlenose whale, southern bottlenose whale is listed as Conservation Dependent (LR/cd), the focus of a continuing taxon-specific or habitat-specific conservation programme targeted towards the taxon in question, the cessation of which would result in the taxon qualifying for one of the threatened categories below within a period of five years, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the southern bottlenose whale

Habitat: In the summer, Southern Bottlenose Whales are regularly found within 110km of the Antarctic ice-edge. (Full text)

Conservation The Southern Bottlenose Whale is not believed to be threatened by human actions. (Full text)

Southern Bottlenose whales are an unusual metallic gray colour, with a pale underside. (Full text)

Southern bottlenose whales are often covered in scratches and scars. (Full text)

Southern bottlenose whales are said to be between 2. (Full text)

The Southern Bottlenose Whale is found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere, but have been known to stray as far north as the waters around Hawaii and Japan. (Full text)

Adult Southern Bottlenose Whales are brownish-grey, and are darker dorsally than ventrally. (Full text)

[edit] Conservation The Southern Bottlenose Whale is not believed to be threatened by human actions. (Full text)

AKA: antarctic bottlenosed whale, flathead Southern bottlenose whales are yellow to dark brown in colour, with pale heads. (Full text)

The Southern Bottlenose Whale is not believed to be threatened by human actions. (Full text)

Southern bottlenose whales are dark grey/brown, with a pale underside. (Full text)

While southern bottlenose whales are not uncommon in and around Antarctic waters, it is rare to get such a good view of animals at such close range. (Full text)

Habitat: In the summer, Southern Bottlenose Whales are regularly found within 110km of the Antarctic ice-edge. (Full text)

Southern Bottlenose Whale distribution map Distribution:The Southern Bottlenose Whale is found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere, but have been known to stray as far north as the waters around Hawaii and Japan. (Full text)

Distribution Southern bottlenose whales are thought to have a circumpolar distribution in the Southern Hemisphere, south of 29°S (Mead, 1989; Jefferson et al. (Full text)

The Southern bottlenose whale is an uncommon species rarely observed at sea because of its remote habitat. (Full text)

The Southern bottlenose whale is found in groups of World Range & HabitatThe Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons, is likely found throughout the Southern Hemisphere. (Full text)

The conservation status of the Southern Bottlenose Whale is insufficiently known to science. (Full text)