---
title: "Southern Bottlenose Whale"
description: "Hyperoodon planifrons — Mammals. The southern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) is a species of whale, in the ziphiid family, one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/southern-bottlenose-whale
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Bottlenose Whale

> Hyperoodon planifrons — Mammals. The southern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) is a species of whale, in the ziphiid family, one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon.

- Scientific name: *Hyperoodon planifrons*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast), `arctic` (Arctic)
- iNaturalist observations: 70
- Wikidata: [Q1147076](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1147076)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41420](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41420)

## Names

- en: Southern Bottlenose Whale
- de: Südlicher Entenwal
- es: Ballena-picuda frente plana
- fr: Hyperoodon Austral
- nl: Zuidelijke butskop
- pt: Baleia-bicuda-de-cabeça-plana-do-sul

## Summary

The southern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) is a species of whale, in the ziphiid family, one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon. Seldom observed, the southern bottlenose whale is resident in Antarctic waters. The species was first described by English zoologist William Henry Flower in 1882, based on a water-worn skull from Lewis Island, in the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. It lives in deep ocean waters over 1,000 m (3,300 ft).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_bottlenose_whale

## Photo

![Southern Bottlenose Whale](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-bottlenose-whale/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251499705

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-bottlenose-whale?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).