Bottlenose whale

Not to be confused with Bottlenose dolphin.

Hyperoodon (or Hyperoödon)^[3] is a genus of beaked whale, containing just two species: the Northern and Southern bottlenose whales.^[4] While not in the genus Hyperoodon, Longman's beaked whales are alternatively called tropical bottlenose whales due to their physical features resembling those of bottlenose whales.

Bottlenose whales Temporal range: Miocene-recent[1]
Size compared to an average human
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Ziphiidae
Subfamily:	Hyperoodontinae
Genus:	Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804
Type species
Hyperoodon butskopf [2] Lacépède, 1804
Species
H. ampullatus H. planifrons

A Bottlenose Whale pictured above a Sperm Whale.

They are considered to be molluscivorous, eating mainly squid.^[5]