Class Mammalia: Order Cetacea

Question 1

what are the two main suborders of whales

Answer 1

sub order mysticeti and odonoceti

Question 2

family balaenidae

Answer 2

suborder mysticetes - right and bowhead whales

Question 3

family balaenopteridae

Answer 3

suborder mysticeti - rorquals
exs. blue whale, fin, sei, minke, humpback

Question 4

family eschrichtiidae

Answer 4

suborder mysticeti - gray whale

Question 5

family physeteridae

Answer 5

suborder odontocetes - sperm whale

Question 6

family ziphiidae

Answer 6

suborder odontocetes - beaked whales

Question 7

family plastanistidae

Answer 7

suborder odontocetes - river dolphins

Question 8

family phoceonidae

Answer 8

suborder odontocetes - porpoises
ex. harbor’s porposise, dall’s porpoise

Question 9

family delphinidae

Answer 9

suborder odontocetes- dolphins
ex. orcas, pilot whales, all dolphins

Question 10

family monodontidae

Answer 10

suborder odontocetes- beluga and narwhal

Question 11

suborder mysticeti

Answer 11

baleen whales

Question 12

suborder odontocetes

Answer 12

toothed whales

Question 13

baleen

Answer 13

used as a strainer for small crustaceans like krill