Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Odontoceti > Family Ziphiidae

Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) Lacépède, 1804
Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

German: Entenwale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Υπερωόδοντας sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: iperodonti sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: aukštakakčiai snapuočiai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: nebbhvaler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: doglingi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: бутылконосы sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: račji kiti sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: gagalı balina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Бутилконіс; Пляшконіс

Literature

original description	Lacepede, B. G. E. D. (1804). Histoire naturelle des Cétacées. Imprimerie royale. 44: 1-329.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

Genbank

Citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137033