Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) ampullatus (Forster 1770)

[Balaena] ampullata Forster 1770, in: Kalm, Travels into N. Am., Vol. 1: 18.

Type Locality: "See Mr. Pennant's [1769] British Zoology Vol. 3, p. 43, where it is called the beaked whale, and very well described;" Pennant (1769:43) gave Maldon (England) as the locality and 1717 as the date stranded.

Vernacular Names: Northern Bottlenose Whale.

Synonyms: Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) butskopf (Bonnaterre 1789); Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) latifrons Gray 1846; Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) rostratus (Müller 1776) .

Distribution: North Atlantic: arctic to cold-temperate waters. The Mediterranean record represents a stray (J. G. Mead, 1989 b).

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

Discussion: Subgenus Hyperoodon . Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989 b).