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Cetacea
Parvoder Mysticeti: Baleen whales
Superfamily Balaenoidea: Right whales
Family Balaenidae
Balaena
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| Bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus pop. 30,000 |
Eubalaena
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| North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis pop. 400 | North Pacific right whale Eubalaena japonica | Southern right whale Eubalaena australis pop. 10,000 |
Family Cetotheriidae
Caperea
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| Pygmy right whale Caperea marginata |
Superfamily Balaenopteroidea
Family Balaenopteridae: Rorquals
Subfamily Balaenopterinae
Balaenoptera: slender rorquals
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| Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata | Antarctic minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis pop. 515,000 | Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis pop. 80,000 | Bryde's whale/Eden's whale Balaenoptera brydei/Balaenoptera edeni pop. 95,000 |
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| Omura's whale Balaenoptera omurai | Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus pop. 17,500 | Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus pop. 109,500 |
Subfamily Megapterinae
Megaptera
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| Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae |
Family Eschrichtiidae: Gray whales
Eschrichtius
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| Gray whale Eschrichtius robustus |
Parvorder Odontoceti: Toothed whales
Superfamily Delphinoidea
Family Delphinidae: Oceanic dolphins Cephalorhynchus
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| Commerson's dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii | Chilean dolphin Cephalorhynchus eutropia | Heaviside's dolphin Cephalorhynchus heavisidii | Hector's dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori |
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| Long-beaked common dolphin Delphinus capensis | Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis | Arabian common dolphin Delphinus tropicalis |
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| Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata |
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| Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhyncus | Long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas |
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| Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus |
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| Fraser's dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei |
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| Atlantic white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus pop. 250,000 | White-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris | Peale's dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis |
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| Hourglass dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger pop. 140,000 | Pacific white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens | Dusky dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus |
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| Northern right whale dolphin Lissodelphis borealis pop. 15,000 | Southern right whale dolphin Lissodelphis peronii |
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| Irrawaddy dolphin Orcaella brevirostris | Australian snubfin dolphin Orcaella heinsohni |
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| Killer whale Orcinus orca pop. 50,000 |
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| Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra |
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| False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens |
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| Tucuxi Sotalia fluviatilis | Guiana dolphin Sotalia guianensis |
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| Chinese white dolphin Sousa chinensis | Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin Sousa plumbea | Atlantic humpback dolphin Sousa teuszii | Australian humpback dolphin Sousa sahulensis |
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| Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata pop. 3,000,000 | Clymene dolphin Stenella clymene | Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba | Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis pop. 100,000 | Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris |
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| Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis pop. 150,000+ |
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| Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus | Burrunan dolphin Tursiops australis | Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus |
Family Monodontidae: Arctic whales Delphinapterus
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| Beluga Delphinapterus leucas pop. 150,000 |
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| Narwhal Monodon monoceros |
Family Phocoenidae: Porpoises Neophocaena
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| Finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides |
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| Spectacled porpoise Phocoena dioptrica | Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocaena pop. 700,000 | Vaquita Phocoena sinus pop. 12 | Burmeister's porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis pop. 10,000 |
Family Phocoenidae: Porpoises Phocoenoides
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| Dall's porpoise Phocoenoides dalli |
Superfamily Physeteroidea: Sperm whales
Family Physeteridae Physeter
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| Sperm whale Physeter catodon (syn. P. macrocephalus) |
Family Kogiidae: lesser sperm whales Kogia
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| Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps | Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima pop. 14,985 |
Superfamily Platanistoidea: Indian river dolphins
Family Platanistidae Platanista
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| South Asian river dolphin Platanista gangetica |
Superfamily Platanistoidea: Indian river dolphins
Family Platanistidae Inia
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| Amazon river dolphin Inia geoffrensis | Bolivian river dolphin Inia boliviensis | Araguaian river dolphin Inia araguaiaensis |
Family Pontoporiidae Pontoporia
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| La Plata dolphin Pontoporia blainvillei |
Superfamily Ziphioidea: Beaked whales
Family Ziphiidae Berardius: giant beaked whales
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| Arnoux's beaked whale Berardius arnuxii | Baird's beaked whale (North Pacific bottlenose whale) Berardius bairdii pop. 30,000 |
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| Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus | Southern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon planifrons |
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| Indo-Pacific beaked whale(Longman's beaked whale) Indopacetus pacificus |
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| Sowerby's beaked whale Mesoplodon bidens | Andrews' beaked whale Mesoplodon bowdoini | Hubbs' beaked whale Mesoplodon carlhubbsi | Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris | Gervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus |
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| Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens | Gray's beaked whale Mesoplodon grayi | Hector's beaked whale Mesoplodon hectori | Strap-toothed whale Mesoplodon layardii | True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus |
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| Perrin's beaked whale Mesoplodon perrini | Pygmy beaked whale Mesoplodon peruvianus | Stejneger's beaked whale Mesoplodon stejnegeri | Spade-toothed whale Mesoplodon traversii | Deraniyagala's beaked whale Mesoplodon hotaula |
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| Shepherd's beaked whale Tasmacetus shepherdi |
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| Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris |
List of northern resident killer whale pods
A30 matriline
Southern resident killer whales
Individual Whales
Male
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| Mocha Dick(Sperm whale) 56 ? Mocha Island, CL 1800 | Tay Whale(Humpback whale) 44S ? Firth of Tay, Scotland, GB 1884(01) | Old Tom(Killer whale) 61 ? Eden, New South Wales, AU 1895 – 1930(09/17) |
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| Keiko(Killer whale) 354 ? Reydarfjördur, IS 1976(09/24) – 2003(12/12) | Tilly 354 ? Hafnarfjördur, IS 1981(12) - 2017(01/06) | Luna(C11)(Killer whale) 1 ? Puget Sound, WA 1999(09/19) - 2006(03/10) |
| Moby Doll(Killer whale) | 1CBC ? Saturna Island, BC | 1964
| Namu(Killer whale) | 1CBC ? Namu, BC | ? - 1966(07/09)
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| Corky (II) 1CBC ? ?, BC 1965 | River Thames whale(Northern bottlenose whale) ? ? - 2006(01/21) | Dawn(Humpback whale) 2007 |
| Wanda | ? | ? - 1971(08/16)
| Shamu | ?
| Delta | ?
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| 52-hertz whale Pacific Ocean 1989 | Migaloo(Humpback whale) 61 ? ?, AU 1991 | Springer(A73)(Killer whale) 1CBC ? Vancouver Island, BC 2000 | Mister Splashy Pants South Pacific 2007 |
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