Cetaceans of the World
Suborder Mysticeti: The Baleen Whales
Family Balaenidae: The Right Whales
Bowhead Whale - Balaena
mysticetus
North Atlantic Right Whale - Eubalaena
glacialis
North Pacific Right Whale - Eubalaena
japonica
Southern Right Whale - Eubalaena
australis
Family Neobalaenidae: The Pygmy Right Whale
Pygmy Right Whale - Caperea marginata
Family Eschrichtiidae: The Gray Whale
Gray Whale - Eschrichtius robustus
Family Balaenopteridae: The Rorqual Whales
Subfamily Megapterinae
Humpback Whale - Megaptera novaeangliae
Subfamily Balaenopterinae
Antarctic Minke Whale - Balaenoptera
bonaerensis
Blue Whale - Balaenoptera
musculus
Indian Ocean Blue Whale - Balaenoptera musculus indica
Northern Blue Whale - Balaenoptera musculus musculus
Pygmy Blue Whale - Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda
Southern Blue Whale - Balaenoptera musculus intermedia
Bryde's Whale (Eden's Whale) - Balaenoptera
edeni
Bryde's Whale - Balaenoptera brydei
Fin Whale - Balaenoptera physalus
Northern Fin Whale - Balaenoptera physalus physalus
Southern Fin Whale - Balaenoptera physalus quoyi
Minke Whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Atlantic Minke Whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata
Dwarf Minke Whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata subsp.
North Pacific Minke Whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata scammoni
Sei Whale - Balaenoptera borealis
Northern Sei Whale - Balaenoptera borealis borealis
Southern Sei Whale - Balaenoptera borealis schlegllii
Suborder Odontoceti: The Toothed Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
Family Physeteridae: The Sperm Whale
Sperm Whale - Physeter macrocephalus
Family Kogiidae: The Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales
Dwarf Sperm Whale - Kogia
simus (sima)
Pygmy Sperm Whale - Kogia
breviceps
Family Ziphiidae: The Beaked Whales
Arnoux's Beaked Whale - Berardius
arnuxii
Baird's Beaked Whale (North Pacific Bottlenose Whale) - Berardius
bairdii
Cuvier's Beaked Whale - Ziphius
cavirostris
Shepherd's Beaked Whale (Tasman Beaked Whale) - Tasmacetus
shepherdi
Subfamily Hyperodontidae
Andrew's Beaked Whale -
Mesoplodon
bowdoini
Bahamonde's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon
bahamondi
Blainville's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon
densirostris
Gervais' Beaked Whale -
Mesoplodon
europaeus
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale -
Mesoplodon
ginkgodens
Gray's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon
grayi
Hector's Beaked Whale -
Mesoplodon
hectori
Hubbs' Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon
carlhubbsi
Lesser Beaked Whale (Pygmy Beaked Whale) -
Mesoplodon
peruvianus
Longman's Beaked Whale (Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale) -
Mesoplodon (Indopacetus)
pacificus
Northern Bottlenose Whale - Hyperoodon
ampullatus
Perrin's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon perrini
Southern Bottlenose Whale - Hyperoodon
planifrons
Sowerby's Beaked Whale -
Mesoplodon bidens
Spade-toothed Whale - Mesoplodon traversii
Stejneger's Beaked Whale -
Mesoplodon
stejnegeri
Strap-toothed Whale (Layard.s Beaked Whale) -
Mesoplodon
layardii
True's Beaked Whale -
Mesoplodon
mirus
Unidentified Beaked Whale -
Mesoplodon sp.
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Family Platanistidae: The Indus and Ganges River Dolphins
Ganges River Dolphin - Platanista
gangetica gangetica
Indus River Dolphin - Platanista gangetica
minor
Family Iniidae: The Amazon River Dolphin
Amazon River Dolphin (Boto) - Inia
geoffrensis geoffrensis
Orinoco River Dolphin - Inia geoffrensis humboldtiana
Rio Madeira River Dolphin - Inia geoffrensis boliviensis
Family Lipotidae: The Chinese River Dolphin
Yangtse River Dolphin (Baiji) - Lipotes
vexillifer
Family Pontoporiidae: The Franciscana River
Dolphins
Franciscana - Pontoporia
blainvillei
Family Monodontidae: The Beluga and Narwhal
Beluga - Delphinapterus
leucas
Narwhal - Monodon
monoceros
Family Delphinidae: Blackfish
False Killer Whale - Pseudorca
crassidens
Killer Whale - Orcinus
orca
Long-finned Pilot Whale - Globicephala
melas
Melon-headed Whale - Peponocephala
electra
Pygmy Killer Whale - Feresa
attenuata
Short-finned Pilot Whale - Globicephala
macrorhynchus
Family Delphinidae: The Oceanic Dolphins with Prominent Beaks
Arabian Common Dolphin - Delphinus
tropicalis
Atlantic Hump-backed Dolphin - Sousa teuszii
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin -
Stenella
frontalis
Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops
truncatus
Clymene Dolphin -
Stenella
clymene
Indian Hump-backed Dolphin - Sousa plumbea
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops aduncus
Long-beaked Common Dolphin - Delphinus
capensis
Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin - Stenella longirostris
Central American Spinner Dolphin - Stenella longirostris centroamericana
Cosmopolitan Spinner Dolphin - Stenella longirostris longirostris
Tropical Pacific Spinner Dolphin -
Stenella longirostris orientalis
Northern Right Whale Dolphin - Lissodelphis
borealis
Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin - Sousa chinensis
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin - Stenella
attenuata
Eastern Pacific Coastal Spotted Dolphin - Stenella attenuata graffmani
Eastern Pacific Offshore Spotted Dolphin - Stenella attenuata subsp.
Hawaiian Spotted Dolphin - Stenella attenuata subsp.
Rough-toothed Dolphin - Steno bredanensis
Short-beaked Common Dolphin - Delphinus
delphis
Southern Right Whale Dolphin - Lissodelphis
peronii
Striped Dolphin -
Stenella
coeruleoalba
Tucuxi - Sotalia
fluviatilis
Amazon River Tucuxi - Sotalia fluviatilis fluviatilis
Atlantic Coast Tucuxi - Sotalia fluviatilis guianensis
Family Delphinidae: The Oceanic Dolphins without Prominent Beaks
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin - Lagenorhynchus
acutus
Chilean Dolphin (Black Dolphin) - Cephalorhynchus
eutropria
Commerson's Dolphin - Cephalorhynchus
commersonii
Dusky Dolphin - Lagenorhynchus
obscurus
New Zealand Dusky Dolphin - Lagenorhynchus
obscurus subsp.
South African Dusky Dolphin - Lagenorhynchus
obscurus obscurus
South American Dusky Dolphin - Lagenorhynchus obscurus fitzroyi
Fraser's Dolphin - Lagenodelphis
hosei
Heaviside's Dolphin - Cephalorhynchus
heavisidii
Hector's Dolphin - Cephalorhynchus
hectori
Hourglass Dolphin - Lagenorhynchus
cruciger
Irrawaddy Dolphin - Orcaella
brevirostris
Pacific White-sided Dolphin - Lagenorhynchus
obliquidens
Peale's Dolphin - Lagenorhynchus
australis
Risso's Dolphin - Grampus griseus
White-beaked Dolphin - Lagenorhynchus
albirostris
Family Phocoenidae: The True Porpoises
Burmeister's Porpoise - Phocoena
spinipinnis
Dall's Porpoise - Phocoenoides
dalli
North Pacific Dall.s Porpoise - Phocoenoides
dalli dalli
West Pacific Dall's Porpoise - Phocoenoides
dalli truei
Finless Porpoise - Neophocaena
phocaenoides
Chinese Finless Porpoise - Neophocaena
phocaenoides sunameri
Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise - Neophocaena
phocaenoides phocaenoides
Yangtse Finless Porpoise - Neophocaena
phocaenoides asiaorientalis
Harbour Porpoise - Phocoena
phocoena
Eastern North Pacific Harbour Porpoise - Phocoena phocoena vomerina
North Atlantic Harbour Porpoise - Phocoena phocoena phocoena
Western North Pacific Harbour Porpoise - Phocoena phocoena subsp.
Spectacled Porpoise - Phocoena
dioptrica
Vaquita - Phocoena
sinus
Source of information:
Carwardine, Mark. Eyewitness
Handbook Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises. 1995.
Leatherwood, Stephen and Randall R. Reeves. The Sierra Club Handbook of
Whales and Dolphins. 1983.
Wynne, Kate and Malia Schwartz. A Guide To Marine Mammals & Turtles of
the U.S. Atlantic & Gulf of Mexico. 1999.