FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



Genus Hyperoodon 



Bottlenose Whale. — Hyperoodon ampuUatus (Forster). 



Teeth confined to a single pair, hidden in the gum at the end 

 of the lower jaw; beak well developed. _ Color above, vary- 

 ing from black to light brown, sometimes almost yellow, 



Fig, 150. Bottlenosed Whale 



with whitish about head; below grayish white. Total 

 length, about 24 feet for females, 30 feet for males. Found 

 in Arctic and North Atlantic oceans; recorded from New 

 York Bay, Newport, Rhode Island, and Cape Cod, Massa- 

 chusetts 



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