Cetacea Flashcards
Northern bottle nose whale
Ziphiidae Hyperoodon ampullatus
Belgua
Monodontidae Delphinapterus leucas
Narwhal
Monodontidae Monodon monoceros
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
Delphinidae Lagenorhynchus acutus
White beaked dolphin
Delphinidae Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Orca, killer whale
Delphinidae Orcinus orca
Long finned pilot whale
Delphinidae Globicephala melas
Common porpoise, harbor porpoise
Phocoenidae Phocoena phocoena
Sperm whale
Physeteridae Physeter macrocheplalus
minke whale, northern mink whale
Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera acutorostrata
fin whale, finback whale
Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera physalus
Blue whale
Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera musculus
humpback whale
Balaenopteridae Megaptera novaeangliae
black right whale, northern right whale
Balaenidae Eubalaena glacialis
bowhead whale
Balaenidae Balaena mysticetus