Cetacea

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Cetaceans[edit]

Cetaceans are members of the scientific order Cetacea, which encompasses all dolphins, porpoises, and whales.

Classification[edit]

All cetaceans are mammals and fall into two distinct sub-orders; Odontoceti (toothed) and Mysticeti (toothless). From here they are further divided into families:

• Odontoceti
  • • Delphinidae
    • Monodontidae
    • Phocoenidae
    • Physeteridae
    • Kogiidae
    • Ziphidae
  • Superfamily Platanistoidea
    • Iniidae
    • Lipotidae
    • Platanistidae
    • Pontoporiidae

• Mysticeti
  • Balaenidae
  • Balaenopteridae
  • Eschrichtiidae
  • Neobalaenidae

References[edit]

v • d • e Dolphins and Porpoises Dolphins Amazon river dolphin · Araguaian river dolphin · Atlantic spotted dolphin · Australian snubfin dolphin · Baiji · Bolivian river dolphin · Bottlenose dolphin · Commerson's dolphin · Chilean dolphin · Common dolphin · Costero · Dusky dolphin · False killer whale · Fraser's dolphin · Ganges river dolphin · Grampus · Haviside's dolphin · Hector's dolphin · Hourglass dolphin · Humpback dolphin · Indus river dolphin · Irrawaddy dolphin · La Plata dolphin · Melon-headed dolphin · Orca · Pacific white-sided dolphin · Peale's dolphin · Pilot whale · Right whale dolphin · Rough-toothed dolphin · Spinner dolphin · Spotted dolphin · Striped dolphin · Tucuxi · White-beaked dolphin · White-sided dolphin · Wholphin Porpoises Burmeister's porpoise · Dall's porpoise · Finless porpoise · Harbour porpoise · Narrow-ridged finless porpoise · Spectacled porpoise · Vaquita

v • d • e Order Cetacea Baleen whales Blue whale · Bowhead whale · Bryde's whale · Eden's whale · Fin whale · Gray whale · Humpback whale · Minke whale · Omura's whale · Pygmy right whale · Rice's whale · Right whale · Sei whale Toothed whales Andrew's beaked whale · Arnoux's beaked whale · Baird's beaked whale · Beluga · Blainville's beaked whale · Bottlenose whale · Cuvier's beaked whale · Deraniyagala's beaked whale · Dwarf sperm whale · Gervais' beaked whale · Ginko-toothed beaked whale · Gray's beaked whale · Hector's beaked whale · Hubb's beaked whale · Longman's beaked whale · Narwhal · Perrin's beaked whale · Pygmy beaked whale · Pygmy sperm whale · Shepherd's beaked whale · Sowerby's beaked whale · Sperm whale · Stejneger's beaked whale · Strap-toothed whale · True's beaked whale Dolphins Amazon river dolphin · Araguaian river dolphin · Atlantic spotted dolphin · Australian snubfin dolphin · Baiji · Bolivian river dolphin · Bottlenose dolphin · Commerson's dolphin · Chilean dolphin · Common dolphin · Costero · Dusky dolphin · False killer whale · Fraser's dolphin · Ganges river dolphin · Grampus · Haviside's dolphin · Hector's dolphin · Hourglass dolphin · Humpback dolphin · Indus river dolphin · Irrawaddy dolphin · La Plata dolphin · Melon-headed dolphin · Orca · Pacific white-sided dolphin · Peale's dolphin · Pilot whale · Right whale dolphin · Rough-toothed dolphin · Spinner dolphin · Spotted dolphin · Striped dolphin · Tucuxi · White-beaked dolphin · White-sided dolphin · Wholphin Porpoises Burmeister's porpoise · Dall's porpoise · Finless porpoise · Harbour porpoise · Narrow-ridged finless porpoise · Spectacled porpoise · Vaquita