Order Cetacea
Southern Right WhaleFamily:Balaenidae
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Humpback WhaleFamily:Balaenopteridae
Photo: NOAA@Wikimedia Commons License: Public Domain
Humpback WhaleFamily:Balaenopteridae
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Humpback WhaleFamily:Balaenopteridae
Chin with barnacles. Photo: zorankovacevic@flickr.com License: Creative Commons attrib/noncom/sharealike
Humpback WhaleFamily:Balaenopteridae
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Gray WhaleFamily:Eschrichtiidae
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Gray WhaleFamily:Eschrichtiidae
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DolphinsFamily:Delphinidae
Playing in surf. Photo: ms4jah@flickr.com License: Creative Commons attrib/noncom
DolphinFamily:Delphinidae
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OrcaFamily:Delphinidae
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OrcaFamily:Delphinidae
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Finless Black PorpoiseFamily:Phocoenidae
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BelugaFamily:Monodontidae
With calf. Photo: eyesplash Mikul@flickr.com License: Creative Commons attrib/noncom
BelugaFamily:Monodontidae
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BelugaFamily:Monodontidae
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NarwhalFamily:Monodontidae
Showing "tusks": enlarged upper incisors. Photo: NIST@Wikimedia Commons License: Public domain
Sperm WhaleFamily:Physeteridae
Photo: pablo caceres c@flickr.com License: Creative Commons attrib/noncom/noderiv
Amazonian River DophinFamily:Iniidae
With a Plecostomus Photo: Dennis Otten@Wikimedia Commons License: GNU Free Documentation License
11 Families, 84 Species
Whales, dolphins, porpoises
Worldwide
Pectoral appendages modified as fins, nostrils on dorsal surface of head
20 to 200,000 kg.
