The northernrightwhale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) is a small, slender species of cetacean found in the cold and temperate waters of the North Pacific...
Rightwhales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena: the North Atlantic rightwhale (E. glacialis), the North Pacific right whale...
The North Atlantic rightwhale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale, one of three rightwhale species belonging to the genus Eubalaena, all of which...
The North Pacific rightwhale (Eubalaena japonica) is a very large, thickset baleen whale species that is extremely rare and endangered. On average and...
Rightwhale dolphins are cetaceans belonging to the genus Lissodelphis. It contains the northernrightwhale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) and the southern...
of rightwhale dolphin (genus Lissodelphis). This genus is characterized by the lack of a dorsal fin. The other species, the northernrightwhale dolphin...
The pygmy rightwhale (Caperea marginata) is a species of baleen whale. It may be a member of the cetotheres, a family of baleen whales which until 2012...
The northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) is a species of beaked whale in the ziphiid family, being one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon...
common minke whale or northern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. It is the smallest...
minke whale (/ˈmɪnki/), or lesser rorqual, is a species complex of baleen whale. The two species of minke whale are the common (or northern) minke whale and...
The sei whale (/seɪ/ SAY, Norwegian: [sæɪ]; Balaenoptera borealis) is a baleen whale. It is one of ten rorqual species, and the third-largest member after...
common names of the species included the Greenland rightwhale, Arctic whale, steeple-top, and polar whale. Bowheads have the largest mouth of any animal...
The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in...
Balaenidae (right and bowhead whales), Balaenopteridae (rorquals), Eschrichtiidae (the gray whale) and Cetotheriidae (the pygmy rightwhale). There are...
Mesoplodont whales are 16 species of toothed whale in the genus Mesoplodon, making it the largest genus in the cetacean order. Two species were described...
beaked whale, containing just two species: the Northern and Southern bottlenose whales. While not in the genus Hyperoodon, Longman's beaked whales are alternatively...
beaked whales and Cuvier's beaked whales were subject to commercial exploitation, off the coast of Japan, while the northern bottlenose whale was extensively...
The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), also known as the grey whale, is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches...
extant species in the sperm whale family, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale of the genus Kogia. The sperm whale is a pelagic mammal with...
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species...
The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a species of oceanic dolphin that is the only extant representative of the genus Pseudorca. It is found...
The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also known as the finback whale or common rorqual, is a species of baleen whale and the second-longest cetacean...
porpoise family, orcas, pilot whales, eastern spinner dolphins and northernrightwhale dolphins show this characteristic. Males in these species developed...
called "northernrightwhale" but has more recently been separated into: North Atlantic rightwhale (Eubalaena glacialis) North Pacific rightwhale (Eubalaena...
B. m. brevicauda (the pygmy blue whale) in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, and B. m. indica in the Northern Indian Ocean. There is also a population...
Pilot whales are cetaceans belonging to the genus Globicephala. The two extant species are the long-finned pilot whale (G. melas) and the short-finned...
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