Object: Southern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882
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Registration Number  MM002233
Phylum  Chordata
Class  Mammalia
Order  Cetacea
Family  Ziphiidae
Scientific Name
Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882
Identified By  van Helden, Anton
Common / Maori name  Southern Bottlenose Whale
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  North Island, Bay of Plenty
Precise locality  Peninsula at entrance to Ohiwa lagoon, Bay of Plenty
Collected By  van Helden, Anton, Huaki, Mike, Rook, Hans, Marsh, Norm
Date collected  02 Apr 1996
Section  Marine Mammals

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