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Cetacea

Cetacea is an order of the Mammalia class, which includes about 90 existing species of fish-like, naked-skinned aquatic mammals and their extinct early relatives. They are collectively referred to as cetaceans or cetaceans. Traditionally, the larger ones are called whales, and the smaller ones are called whales. Called dolphin. Most of them live in shallow seas, and a few live in fresh water.

Mesoplodon mirus

Mesoplodon mirus

Trujillo's beaked whale, Wonderful beaked whale

Cetacea LC

True's Beaked Whale has never been identified at sea, so nothing is know···

Mesoplodon layardii

Mesoplodon layardii

Long-toothed beaked whale, Lyman's beaked whale, hook-toothed beaked whale, long-toothed whale

Cetacea LC

Mesoplodon layardii, also known as Strap-toothed Whale, is the largest of th···

Hector's Beaked Whale

Hector's Beaked Whale

Heck's beaked whale, New Zealand beaked whale, Heck's beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Hector's Beaked Whale was first discovered in 1866, but until 1975, ther···

Mesoplodon grayi

Mesoplodon grayi

Cetacea LC

Gray's Beaked Whale's scientific name is Mesoplodon grayi, and its f···

Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Japanese beaked whale, Ginkgo beaked whale, Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (scientific name: Mesoplodon ginkgodens) is call···

Mesoplodon europaeus

Mesoplodon europaeus

Theodore's beaked whale, Gulfstream beaked whale, European beaked whale, Andreas' beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Gervais's beaked whale was first recorded in the 1840s as a specimen flo···

Mesoplodon carlhubbsi

Mesoplodon carlhubbsi

Harvey's beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Hubbs' Beaked Whale has only one possible sighting, and very little is k···

Mesoplodon bidens

Mesoplodon bidens

Thor's beaked whale, North Sea beaked whale Thor's beaked whale, North Sea beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Sowerby's Beaked Whale, scientific name Mesoplodon bidens, foreign name ···

Hyperoodon planifrons

Hyperoodon planifrons

Cetacea LC

The scientific name of the Southern Bottlenose Whale is Hyperoodon planifron···

Hyperoodon ampullatus

Hyperoodon ampullatus

North Atlantic bottlenose whale, flathead whale, bottlehead whale, steep-headed whale

Cetacea LC

The scientific name of the northern bottlenose whale is Hyperoodon ampullatu···

Arnoux's Beaked Whale

Arnoux's Beaked Whale

Arnold's beaked whale, southern four-toothed whale, southern beaked whale, New Zealand beaked whale, southern bottlenose whale, southern porbeagle whale

Cetacea LC

Arnoux's Beaked Whale, scientific name Arnoux's Beaked Whale, is usu···

Platanista gangetica minor

Platanista gangetica minor

Indus River Dolphin, South Asian River Dolphin Indus subspecies

Cetacea LC

The Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) is one of the few dolph···

Caperea marginata

Caperea marginata

Small right whale, dwarf whale, dwarf whale, small right whale, pygmy right whale, new right whale

Cetacea LC

The scientific name of the pygmy right whale is Caperea marginata, and its f···

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Antarctic baleen whale, Southern minke whale

Cetacea LC

Antarctic minke whale (scientific name: Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is also kn···

Eubalaena australis

Eubalaena australis

Cetacea LC

Southern right whale (scientific name: Eubalaena australis) is also known as···

Eubalaena glacialisBorowski

Eubalaena glacialisBorowski

Eubalaena glacialis Borowski

Cetacea LC

The North Atlantic right whale (Scientific name: Eubalaena glacialis Borowsk···

Berardius bairdii

Berardius bairdii

Berardius bairdii,Baird's beaked whale,Bell's beaked whale, Bell's beaked whale, North Pacific bottlenose whale, North Pacific four-toothed whale

Cetacea LC

Baird's beaked whale, whose foreign name is Baird's beaked whale, ma···

Mesoplodon densirostris

Mesoplodon densirostris

Mesoplodon densirostris,Bryde's beaked whale, Bryde's beaked whale, Blunt beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Blainville's beaked whale is the most common species in the genus Blainv···

Ziphius cavirostris

Ziphius cavirostris

Ziphius cavirostris,Cuvier's beaked Whale,Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-billed whale, Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-billed whale, Cuvier's beaked whale

Cetacea LC

Cuvier's beaked whale, whose foreign name is Cuvier's beaked Whale, ···

Kogia sima

Kogia sima

Kogia sima,Kogia simus (Owen, 1866),Physeter simus Owen, 1866, Dwarf Sperm Whale, Dwarf Sperm Whale, Cachalot nain, Cachalot nain,Cachalote Enano, Cachalote Enano,,Owen's sperm whale

Cetacea LC

Dwarf Sperm Whale, no subspecies.The species of Dwarf Sperm Whale was not wi···

Kogia breviceps

Kogia breviceps

Kogia breviceps,Pygmy sperm whale

Cetacea LC

Pygmy sperm whale, foreign name, no subspecies.Pygmy sperm whales move alone···