No subspecies of the southern bottlenose whale are named (Mead 1989). A mtDNA study of two southern bottlenose … See more

The southern bottlenose whale measures 7.5 m (25 ft) in length when physically mature, considerably smaller than the northern bottlenose whale. The beak is long and white in males but grey in females. T… See more

The southern bottlenose whale has a circumpolar distribution in the Southern Ocean.
It is found as far south as the Antarctic coast and as far north as the tip of South Africa… See more

Dive times range from 15-40 mins, which is a long dive time relative to other cetaceans (Barlow and Sexton, 1996), and occur in small group sizes between 1-5 individuals. The southern bottlenose whale feed mainly on … See more

The global population is unknown. Population estimates are lacking; however, southern bottlenose whales accounted for more than 90% of Ziphiid sightings in the Antarctic circle (Kasamatsu et al., 1988). See more

The biggest threat to the southern bottlenose whale has been whaling (Mitchell, 1975). Soviet whalers took a few specimens for research (Tomilin and Latyshev, 1967), and Japanese whalers took 42 spe… See more