Bottlenose whale

{{Short description|Genus of mammals}}

{{Distinguish|Bottlenose dolphin}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Miocene-recent"G. Bianucci, I. Miján, and O. Lambert. 2013. Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula. Geodiversitas".

| name = Bottlenose whales

| image = Southern bottlenose whale size.svg

| image_caption = Size compared to an average human

| taxon = Hyperoodon

| authority = Lacépède, 1804

| type_species = Hyperoodon butskopf {{MSW3|id=14300150}}

| type_species_authority = Lacépède, 1804

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• H. ampullatus
• H. planifrons

}}

File:Sperm whale and Bottlenose whale.JPG

Hyperoodon (or Hyperoödon){{cite EB1911|wstitle=Bottlenose Whale}} is a genus of beaked whale, containing just two species: the Northern and Southern bottlenose whales.

{{cite web

|url=http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137033

|title=Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804

|access-date=15 May 2015

}} 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.

They are considered to be molluscivorous, eating mainly squid.

{{cite web

|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/a117ced5-9a94-4586-afdb-1f333618e1e3/files/35-ind.pdf

|title=Fauna of Australia:Natural History of the Eutheria

|author=Jarman, P. J

|author2=Lee, A. K.

|author3=Hall, L. S.

|access-date=15 May 2015

}}