Nihoroa
| Nihoroa Temporal range: Chattian, | |
|---|---|
| Holotype skull (OU 22162) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Waipatiidae |
| Genus: | †Nihoroa Coste, Fordyce, and Loch 2023 |
| Type species | |
| †Nihoroa reimaea Ambre Coste, Robert Ewan Fordyce, and Carolina Loch, 2023 | |
Nihoroa (Māori pronunciation: [ˌnihɔˈɾɔa]) (meaning "long teeth") is an extinct genus of waipatiid odontocete cetacean from the glauconitic Otekaike Limestone in North Otago; New Zealand. The type species is N. reimaea, known from only the holotype which comprises various skull elements.