Odonoceti & Baleen Species
There
are six two main groups of whales: Mysticetes & Odontocetes. There
are three main groups of Mysticetes: Roqual, Right Whales and Gray There
are five main groups of Odontocetes: Sperm Whales, Arctic Whales,
Porpoises, Beaked Whales, Bottlenose Whales.
Below is the known list of all species.
Odontocetes
Sperm
Whales
River
Dolphins
Porpoises
Sperm Whale
Pgymy Sperm Whale
(Kogia
breviceps)
Dwarf Sperm Whale
(Kogia
sima)
Artic Animals
Beluga
(Delphinapterus leucas)
Narwhal
(Monodon
monoceros)
Franciscana
(Pontoporia
blainvillei)
Amazon River Dolphin
(Inia
geoffrensis)
Bolivian River Dolphin
(Inia boliviensis)
Orinoco River Dolphin
(Inia
humboldtiana)
Ganges
River Dolphin
(Platanista
gangetica)
Indus River Dolphin
(Platanista gangetica
minor)
Chinese River Dolphin
(Lipotes
vexillifer)
Australian Snubfin Dolphin
(Orcaella
heinsohni)
Irrawaddy Dolphin
(Orcaella brevirostris)
Finless Porpoise
(Neophocaena phocaenoides)
Yangtze River Porpoise
(Neophocaena.phocaenoides
asiaeorientalis)
Sunameri Porpoise
(Neophocaena.phocaenoides
sunameri)
Spectacled Porpoise
(Phocoena dioptrica)
North Atlantic Harbor Porpoise
(Phocoena phocoena)
Black Sea Harbor Porpoise
(Phocoena phocoena relicta)
E. North Pacific Harbor Porpoise
(Phocoena phocoena
vomerina)
Vaquita
(Phocoena sinus)
Burmeister's Porpoise
(Phocoena spinipinnis)
Dall's Porpoise
(Phoceonoides
dalli)
True's Porpoise
(Phoceonoides
dalli truei)
Bottlenose
Whales
Beaked
Whales
Mesoplodon Beaked Whales
Northern Bottlenose Whale
(Hyperoodon
ampullatus)
Southern Bottlenose Whale
(Hyperoodon planifrons)
Cuvier's Beaked Whale
(Ziphius
cavirostris)
Shepherd's Beaked Whale
(Tasmacetus
shepherdi)
Longman's Beaked
Whale
(Indopacetus
pacficus)
Arnoux's Beaked
Whale
(Beradius arnuxii)
Baird's
Beaked Whale
(Beradius bairdii)
Andrew's Beaked Whale
(Mesoplodon bowdoini )
Blainsville's
Beaked Whale
(Mesoplodon densirostris)
Gervais'
Beaked Whale
(Mesoplodon europaeus)
Hector's
Beaked Whale
(Mesoplodon
hectori)
True's Beaked Whale
(Mesoplodon mirus)
Sowerby's Beaked
Whale
(Mesoplodon bidens)
Gray's Beaked Whale
(Mesoplodon grayi)
Pgymy Beaked Whale
(Mesoplodon
peruvianus)
Spade-toothed
Beaked Whale
(Mesoplodon
traversii)
Hubb's Beaked Whale
(Mesoplodon
carlhubbsi)
Ginkgo-toothed
Beaked Whale
(Mesoplodon
ginkgodens)
Stejneger's Beaked
Whale
(Mesoplodon
stejnegeri)
Strap-toothed
Beaked Whale
(Mesoplodon
layardii)
Perrin's Beaked
Whale
(Mesoplodon
perrini)
Mysticetes
Gray
& Right
Whales
Rorquals
Bowhead Whale
(Balaena
mysticetus)
North Atlantic Right Whale
(Eubalaena glacialis)
North Pacific Right Whale
(Eubalaena japonica)
Southern Right Whale
(Eubalaena australis)
Pygmy Right Whale
(Caperea marginata)
Humpback Whale
(Megaptera
novaeangliae)
Gray Whale
(Eschrichtius
robustus)
Northern Minke Whale
(Balaenoptera
acutorostrata)
Dwarf Minke Whale
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata)
Scammon's Minke
Whale
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata scammoni)
Antarctic
Minke Whale
(Balaenoptera
bonaerensis)
Northern Sei Whale
(Balaenoptera borealis)
Southern Sei Whale
(Balaenoptera borealis
schlegelii)
Bryde's Whale
(Balaenoptera
brydei)
Eden's Whale
(Balaenoptera
edeni)
Omura's Whale
(Balaenoptera
omuari)
Pgymy Blue Whale
(Balaenoptera musculus
brevicauda)
Great Indian Rorqual
(Balaenoptera musculus
india)
Southern Blue Whale
(Balaenoptera musculus
intermedia)
Northern Blue Whale
(Balaenoptera musculus)
Northern Fin Whale
(Balaenoptera physalus)
Southern
Fin Whale
(Balaenoptera physalus
quoyi)
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