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Neophocaena phocaenoides,Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise,Delphinus phocaenoides G. Cuvier,, black finless porpoise, Indo-Pacific right porpoise
The Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise has no subspecies.The Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise is a relatively shy and elusive animal. They···
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Neophocaena sunameri,Narrow-ridged Finless Porpoise,Sand Mingli finless porpoise, narrow-ridged finless porpoise East Asian subspecies, finless porpoise East Asian subspecies, sea finless porpoise
The East Asian finless porpoise, also known as the Narrow-ridged Finless Porpoise, is the smallest cetacean and is often mistaken ···
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Neophocaena asiaeorientalis,Yangtze Finless Porpoise,Narrow-ridged Finless Porpoise, Finless Porpoise,Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis,Yangtze River Porpoise, Narrow-ridged Porpoise Yangtze
The Yangtze Finless Porpoise was once considered a subspecies of the narrow-ridged porpoise together with the East Asian finless p···
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Globicephala macrorhynchus,short-finned pilot whale,Great nosed pilot whale, Great nosed pilot whale
Short-finned pilot whale is a warm-water oceanic species.Short-finned pilot whales are most easily confused with other small black···
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Feresa attenuata,Pygmy Killer Whale, Orque pygmée,Orca Pigmeo,Delphinus intermedius,Small killer whale, small orca, small killer whale
The pygmy killer whale is also known as the pygmy killer whale. It is an animal of the genus Pygmy Killer Whale in the family Delp···
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Pseudorca crassidens,False Killer Whale, Faux-orque,Orca Falsa,Phocaena crassidens Owen,Black whale, false killer whale, false pilot whale, false killer whale
False killer whale is the only species in the genus False killer whale of the Dolphin family, and ranks third in size among the Do···
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Orcinus orca,Killer Whale, Orca,Epaulard, Orque, Espadarte, Orca,Orca assassina, killer whale
Killer Whale is the largest species in the dolphin family, and there is no subspecies.Killer whales are highly social and have a c···
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Peponocephala electra,Toothy melon-headed whale, melon-headed dolphin
Melon-headed whale, also known as Melon-headed whale, has no subspecies. Its characteristics are similar to those of the genus Orc···
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Grampus griseus,Risso's dolphin,Tattoo dolphin, Richter's dolphin, patterned whale, Richter's dolphin
The gray dolphin is called Risso's dolphin in English, and has no subspecies.The gray dolphin has the habit of swimming in the···
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Lagenodelphis hosei,Fraser's Dolphin,Hourglass dolphin, Freund's dolphin, Freund's dolphin
The Sarawak dolphin is called Fraser's Dolphin in foreign language, and there is no subspecies.The Sarawak dolphin is a tropic···
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Delphinus,common dolphin,Common dolphin
Common dolphins are called common dolphins in English. There are two species (long-beaked common dolphins and short-beaked common ···
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Delphinus capensis,Long-beaked common dolphin, Common Dolphin,Toothed dolphin, tropical dolphin, long-beaked dolphin
Long-beaked common dolphin, with two subspecies, is a warm-water species.Long-beaked dolphins are social mammals. Sometimes more t···
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Oxyura leucocephala，White-headed Duck
The white-headed hardtail duck is a very typical gregarious water duck. It breeds in Tianshan Mountain in Xinjiang and is occasion···
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Aythya affinis，Lesser Scaup
The Lesser Pochard is a migratory bird that forms a flock of 25-50 birds when migrating. Most of the wintering migration flight ro···
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Morning Duck，Histrionicus histrionicus，Harlequin Duck，Harlequin
The ugly duck lives and inhabits streams, deep recesses between rocks and bushes, and tree holes. In spring, it migrates to the no···
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Stenella clymene,Short-snouted Spinner Dolphin,Clementine's dolphin, helmeted dolphin, spotted dolphin
Short-snouted Spinner Dolphin, with no subspecies, is a deep-water species in the ocean.Differences between similar species: The s···
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Stenella coeruleoalba,Striped dolphin,Blue and white dolphin, blue and white dolphin, striped dolphin
Striped dolphin, with no subspecies, is a common dolphin in the Pacific Ocean.Striped dolphin has the habit of living in the ocean···
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Stenella attenuata,Pantropical spotted dolphin,Tropical spotted dolphin, weak dolphin, white-beaked dolphin
Pantropical spotted dolphin, with two subspecies, may be the most common cetacean.Pantropical spotted dolphin is a social animal, ···
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Steno bredanensis,Rough-toothed dolphin,Long-beaked dolphin, wrinkled-toothed dolphin
Rough-toothed dolphin, a dolphin with special teeth.Rough-toothed dolphins usually form a "pod" (a term for groups of do···
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Platanista gangetica gangetica,Ganges River Dolphin,White puffer fish, Goto puffer fish
The Ganges River Dolphin is a nominative subspecies of the South Asian river dolphin.The Ganges River Dolphin looks like a crocodi···
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Lipotes vexillifer,Baiji, Yangtze River Dolphin,Baiji,zhú (ancient name), Baiji, Chinese finless porpoise, Baiji dolphin
The scientific name of the Baiji dolphin is Lipotes vexillifer, and its foreign name is Baiji. There is no subspecies. "Ji&qu···
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Megaptera novaeangliae,Humpback whale,Humpback whale, humpback whale, saw-armed whale, saw-armed whale
Humpback whale is not the largest whale in the world, but it is also a well-deserved giant in the ocean.Humpback whales mostly mov···
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Balaenoptera physalus,Fin Whale,Finback whale, baleen whale, razorback whale, herring whale, fin whale
Fin whales are one of the fastest whales, with a speed of up to 37 kilometers per hour, and a record high of 40 kilometers per hou···
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Balaenoptera omurai,Omura whale
Omura's whale is a medium-sized whale that looks very similar to a fin whale, but is much smaller than a fin whale.Omura's···
