Bottle-nosed Whale

Hyperoodon rostratus (Muller)

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Length: 20 feet.
Description: Forehead more or less vertical, as described above, beak prominent, a depression on the head around the blowhole, flippers and dorsal fin moderate. No teeth visible, though two can be found at the front of the lower jaw loosely buried in the gums. Colour blackish lead, somewhat lighter below.
Range: North Atlantic and doubtless other oceans.