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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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COMMON NAME
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Suborder
Mysticeti (baleen whales or mysticetes) |
Family Balaenidae
Right whales |
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Eubalaena australis |
southern right whale |
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Eubalaena glacialis |
northern right whale |
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Balaena mysticetus |
bowhead whale |
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Caperea marginata |
pygmy right whale |
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| Family Eschrichtiidae |
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Eschrichtius robustus |
grey whale |
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| Family Balaenopteridae |
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
minke whale |
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Balaenoptera borealis |
sei whale |
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Balaenoptera edeni |
Bryde's whale |
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Balaenoptera musculus |
blue whale |
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Balaenoptera physalus |
fin whale |
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Megaptera novaeangliae |
humpback whale |
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Suborder
Odontoceti (toothed whales or odontocetes) |
| Family Physeteridae |
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Physeter macrocephalus |
sperm whale |
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| Family Kogiidae |
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Kogia breviceps |
pygmy sperm whale |
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Kogia simus |
dwarf sperm whale |
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| Family Platanistidae |
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Platanista gangetica |
Ganges river dolphin |
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Platanista minor |
Indus river dolphin |
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| Family Pontoporiidae |
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Lipotes vexillifer |
baiji |
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Pontoporia blainvillei |
franciscana |
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| Family Iniidae |
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Inia geoffrensis |
Geoffroy's dolphin (or boto) |
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| Family Monodontidae |
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Delphinapterus leucas |
white whale |
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Monodon monoceros |
narwhal |
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Family Phocoenidae
Porpoises |
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Phocoena phocoena |
harbour porpoise |
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Phocoena spinipinnis |
Burmeister's porpoise |
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Phocoena sinus |
vaquita |
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Neophocaena phocaenoides |
finless porpoise |
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Australophocaena dioptrica |
spectacled porpoise |
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Phocoenoides dalli |
Dall's porpoise |
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Family Delphinidae
Typical dolphins |
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Steno bredanensis |
rough-toothed dolphin |
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Sousa chinensis |
Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin |
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Sousa teuszii |
Atlantic hump-backed dolphin |
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Sotalia fluviatilis |
tucuxi |
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Lagenorhynchus albirostris |
white-beaked dolphin |
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Lagenorhynchus acutus |
Atlantic white-sided dolphin |
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Lagenorhynchus obscurus |
dusky dolphin |
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Lagenorhynchus obliquidens |
Pacific white-sided dolphin |
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Lagenorhynchus cruciger |
hourglass dolphin |
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Lagenorhynchus australis |
Peale's dolphin |
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Grampus griseus |
Risso's dolphin |
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Tursiops truncatus |
bottlenose dolphin |
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Stenella frontalis |
Atlantic spotted dolphin |
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Stenella attenuata |
pantropical spotted dolphin |
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Stenella longirostris |
spinner dolphin |
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Stenella clymene |
clymene dolphin |
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Stenella coeruleoalba |
striped dolphin |
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Delphinus delphis |
common dolphin |
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Delphinus capensis |
long-beaked common dolphin |
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Lagenodelphis hosei |
Fraser's dolphin |
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Lissodelphis borealis |
northern right whale dolphin |
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Lissodelphis peronii |
southern right whale dolphin |
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Cephalorhynchus commersonii |
Commerson's dolphin |
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Cephalorhynchus eutropia |
black dolphin |
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Cephalorhynchus heavisidii |
Heaviside's dolphin |
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Cephalorhynchus hectori |
Hector's dolphin |
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Peponocephala electra |
melon-headed whale |
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Feresa attenuata |
pygmy killer whale |
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Pseudorca crassidens |
false killer whale |
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Orcinus orca |
killer whale |
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Globicephala melas |
long-finned pilot whale |
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Globicephala macrorhynchus |
short-finned pilot whale |
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Orcaella brevirostris |
Irrawaddy dolphin |
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Family Ziphiidae
Beaked whales |
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Tasmacetus shepherdi |
Shepherd's beaked whale |
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Berardius bairdii |
Baird's beaked whale |
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Berardius arnuxii |
Arnoux's beaked whale |
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Mesoplodon pacificus |
Longman's beaked whale |
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Mesoplodon bidens |
Sowerby's beaked whale |
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Mesoplodon densirostris |
Blainville's beaked whale |
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Mesoplodon europaeus |
Gervais' beaked whale |
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Mesoplodon layardii |
strap-toothed whale |
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Mesoplodon hectori |
Hector's beaked whale |
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Mesoplodon grayi |
Gray's beaked whale |
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Mesoplodon stejnegeri |
Stejneger's beaked whale |
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Mesoplodon bowdoini |
Andrews' beaked whale |
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Mesoplodon mirus |
True's beaked whale |
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Mesoplodon ginkgodens |
ginkgo-toothed beaked whale |
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Mesoplodon carlhubbsi |
Hubbs' beaked whale |
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Mesoplodon peruvianus |
pygmy beaked whale |
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Ziphius cavirostris |
Cuvier's beaked whale |
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Hyperoodon ampullatus |
northern bottlenose whale |
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Hyperoodon planifrons |
southern bottlenose whale |
