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Kōrero: Whales

Southern bottlenose skeleton

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Southern bottlenose skeleton

There are at least half a dozen species of beaked whale found very occasionally around New Zealand. One is the southern bottlenose whale. This skull is held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: B.013806

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Gerard Hutching, Whales – Beaked whales, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/7106/southern-bottlenose-skeleton (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.