Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) planifrons Flower 1882

Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) planifrons Flower 1882, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882: 392.

Type Locality: "found upon the sea-beach of Lewis Island in the Dampier Archipelago, north-western Australia." .

Vernacular Names: Southern Bottlenose Whale.

Synonyms: Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) burmeisterei Moreno 1895 .

Distribution: Southern hemisphere: circumpolar, antarctic to temperate waters, rarely into tropical waters. May occur in the W North Pacific.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).

Discussion: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989 b). Moore (1968) erected the subgenus Frasercetus for this species.