Northern whale dolphin, warm water finless beaked dolphin

Features：The body is slender, tapering towards the tail like an eel, and the whole body is generally black with a white belly.

Northern right whale dolphin (scientific name: Lissodelphis borealis) is called Northern right whale dolphin in foreign language, and has no subspecies.When the northern right dolphin swims and jumps quickly, the overall impression given is that of a leap; each leap can reach up to 7 meters. Very ea...

Spinner dolphin, spinner dolphin, long-beaked spinner dolphin

Features：The snout is slender and accounts for 8.1% to 9.9% of the body length, the longest among the genus Prodolphins.

Long-beaked dolphin (scientific name: Stenella longirostris) is also known as Spinner Dolphin in English. There are 4 subspecies.There are about 118 long-beaked dolphins in the northern Mozambique Channel surrounding Mayotte Island. They often travel in groups of more than 200, and large groups of 1...

White-nosed dolphin, white-beaked dolphin, squid-hunting dolphin

Features：Not all beaks are white, but from a close distance, the pure white beaks are particularly obvious.

White-beaked dolphin (scientific name: Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is called white-beaked dolphin in foreign language, and has no subspecies.White-beaked dolphins especially like to perform bow riding in front of large, fast-moving ships, but usually lose interest quickly. Some groups are very elusi...

Atlantic white-sided dolphin, jumping dolphin, bouncing dolphin

Features：Atlantic white-sided dolphin, jumping dolphin, bouncing dolphin

Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (scientific name: Lagenorhynchus acutus) is also known as Atlantic White-sided Dolphin. It has no subspecies. Atlantic White-sided Dolphin is currently classified in a polymorphic genus (Cipriano 1997). However, molecular biological studies have shown that this species i...

La Plata River Dolphin

Features：It is the only freshwater dolphin that lives in the sea.

The scientific name of the Lapu-Lapu river dolphin is Pontoporia blainvillei. It is the only freshwater dolphin that lives in the sea, but it prefers shallow coastal waters.The pufferfish is a carnivore that often swims to the shallow water near the shore to hunt at dawn and dusk. It usually swallow...

Amazon porpoise

Features：The largest dolphin in the world

The scientific name of the river dolphin is Inia geoffrensis. It is the largest dolphin in the world and one of the few dolphins that is still common. During the dry season, river dolphins gather in groups of about a dozen; in other seasons, they live in groups. The sound of the puffs can be loud or...

Rhinolophus affinis

Features：The posterior nasal concavity is obvious and the palate bridge is the shortest.

The middle horseshoe bat is a common cave bat species. It lives in moist caves, abandoned mines, tunnels, etc. It can live in the same cave with the big-footed bat (<Hipposideros armiger>), the small horseshoe bat (<Rhinolophus pusillus>), the Pi's horseshoe bat (<R. pearsonii>...

Features：There is a prominent longitudinal ridge in the center of the nose

This species belongs to the subgenus <Megaderma>. Bergmans & Bree (1986) discussed the subspecies differentiation in Indonesia. The specimens found by Zhang Libiao et al. (2010) in Mengla County, Yunnan Province, have morphological characteristics consistent with the main characteristics o...

Megaderma lyra

Features：No blood-sucking habit

The Indian false vampire bat usually moves in groups of dozens and does not mix with other bats. It is carnivorous and feeds on insects, spiders, and small vertebrates (such as small fish, frogs, birds, mice, and even other species of bats). It often flies within 3 meters of the ground to find food,...

Rousettus leschenaulti、Leschenault's rousette

Features：Dog-like face, oval ears

Brown fruit bats are typical tropical bats that do not hibernate. Although they often live in the same cave with other bats, they never mix with them. In addition, in caves where fruit bats live, fruit bats dominate the population, which seems to be a phenomenon of interspecies exclusion. In the hot...

Shea's beaked whale, Tasman's whale, Tasman's beaked whale

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Shepherd's beaked whale, scientific name Tasmacetus shepherdi, foreign name Shepherd's Beaked Whale, is a little-known cetacean, with only about 20 stranding incidents and a few possible sightings. Increasing research in the Southern Hemisphere may find more specimens, but the evidence shows...

Longman's beaked whale, Pacific beaked whale, Indo-Pacific beaked whale

Features：There is a pair of teeth at the front of the lower jaw

Longman's Beaked Whale (Scientific Name: Indopacetus pacificus) is also known as Longman's Beaked Whale (English), Baleine à bec de Longman (French), Zifio de Longman (Spanish), formerly known as Longman's Beaked Whale, also known as Pacific Beaked Whale and Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale. I...

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The Sri Lankan Mesoplodon hotaula was first described in 1963 and was considered a synonym of the Ginkgotoothed Mesoplodon ginkgodens in 1965, but until recently, mitochondrial and nuclear studies have shown that the genes of the Mesoplodon hotaula are different from those of the Ginkgotoothed Mesop...

Features：It is a rare species living in the ocean.

Spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii), foreign media reported that scientists discovered the world's rarest whale for the first time in New Zealand. In December 2010, two spade-toothed beaked whales, a mother and her calf, were found stranded on Opape Beach on New Zealand's North Island...

Stein's beaked whale, North Pacific beaked whale, Saber-toothed beaked whale, Bering Sea beaked whale

Features：The teeth are in the center of the lip line, and the dark forehead is gently sloping.

Stejneger's Beaked Whale, scientific name Mesoplodon stejnegeri, foreign name Stejneger's Beaked Whale, is not easy to see at sea, and it is rare to see it alive. Maybe it is rare, but it may just live in an area where few people study it and avoid people's attention. Small groups someti...

Features：It is the smallest beaked whale in the genus Mesopharma.

The Peruvian Beaked Whale is the smallest of the Mesoplodon peruvianus. The relevant information is only obtained from 13 specimens and a few possible sightings at sea. Scientists noticed their existence after part of a strange head was found in a fish market in San Andres, Peru in 1976; the head wa...

Trujillo's beaked whale, Wonderful beaked whale

Features：There are "dark circles" around the eyes and the beak is medium-sized.

True's Beaked Whale has never been identified at sea, so nothing is known about its behavior; the lack of confirmed sightings may simply reflect the difficulty of identification at sea. Scrapes and scars on the back and sides indicate that males fight with each other. Deep dives may be possible....

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

Features：The teeth are bent upwards and the upper jaw is covered with dark patches on the face like a "mask"

Mesoplodon layardii, also known as Strap-toothed Whale, is the largest of the beaked whales and one of the few that can be identified in the sea. Rare in the wild; in calm, sunny weather, they may surface to bask in the sun; usually difficult to approach, especially by large ships. When they start d...

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

Features：The beak is relatively short and has many scratches and scars.

Hector's Beaked Whale was first discovered in 1866, but until 1975, there were only 7 decaying specimens, all in the Southern Hemisphere. The first identifiable male whale was found in 1978; there are now more than 20 specimens, 4 of which are stranded in California, USA, indicating that the dis...

Features：The lip line is quite straight, and the beak is white and slender

Gray's Beaked Whale's scientific name is Mesoplodon grayi, and its foreign name is Gray's Beaked Whale. Limited sightings show that they may be more conspicuous than other beaked whales on the sea surface, seem to be more active, and live in large groups. Gray's Beaked Whales have be...

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

Features：Adult male whales do not appear to have vertical scars

Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (scientific name: Mesoplodon ginkgodens) is called ginkgo-toothed beaked whale in foreign language, and has no subspecies.Nothing is known about the behavior of the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, and it should be very cautious by nature. It may appear in small groups. Male...