Scientific and Common Names 
for the members of the Order "Cetacean"

ORDER

SUBORDER

FAMILY

GENUS

COMMON NAME

Cetacean

Mysticetes

Balaenidae

Balaena mysticetus

Bowhead whale

Eubalaena glacialis

Northern right whale

Neobalaenidae

Caperea marginata

Pygmy right whale

Eschrichtiidae

Eschrichtius robustus

Gray whale

Balaenopteridae

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Minke whale

Balaenoptrera borealis

Sei whale

Balaenoptrera edeni

Bryde’s whale

Balaenoptrera musculus

Blue whale

Balaenoptrera physalus

Fin whale

Megaptera novaengliae

Humpback whale

Odontocetes

Kogiidae

Kogia breviceps

Pygmy sperm whale

Kogis simus

Dwarf sperm whale

Physeteridae

Physeter macrocephalus

Sperm whale

Monodontidae

Delphinapterus leucas

Beluga

Monodon monoceros

Narwhal

Ziphidae

Beradius arnuxii

Arnoux’s beaked whale

Beradius bairdii

Baird’s beaked whale

Hyperoodon ampullatus

Northern bottlenose whale

Hyperoodon planifrons

Southern bottlenose whale

Mesoplodon sp.’A’

Unidentified beaked whale

Mesoplodon bidens

Sowerby’s beaked whale

Mesoplodon bowdoini

Andrew’s beaked whale

Mesoplodon carlhubbsi

Hubbs beaked whale

Mesoplodon densirotris

Blainville’s beaked whale

Mesoplodon europaeus

Gervais’ beaked whale

Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Ginko-toothed beaked whale

Mesoplodon grayi

Gray’s beaked whale

Mesoplodon hectori

Hector’s beaked whale

Mesoplodon iayardii

Strap-toothed whale

Mesoplodon mirus

True’s beaked whale

Mesoplodon pacificus

Longman’s beaked whale

Mesoplodon peruvianus

Lesser beaked whale

Mesoplodon stejnegeri

Stejneger’s beaked whale

Tasmacetus shepherdi

Shepherd’s beaked whale

Ziphius cavirostris

Cuvier’s beaked whale

Delphinidae

Feresa attenuatta

Pygmy killer whale

Globicephala macrorhynchus

Short-finned pilot whale

Globicephala melas

Long-finned pilot whale

Ornicus orca

Killer whale

Peponocephala electra

Melon-headed whale

Pseudorca crassidens

False killer whale

Delphinus delphis

Common dolphin

Lissodelphis borealis

Northern rightwhale dolphin

Lissodelphis peronii

Southern rightwhale dolphin

Sotalia fluviatilis

Tucuxi

Sousa chinensis

Indo-pacific humpback dolphin

Sousa tueszii

Atlantic humpback dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

Striped dolphin

Stenella chymene

Short-snouted spinner dolphin

Stenella longirostris

Long-snouted spinner dolphin

Stenella attenuatta

Pantropical spotted dolphin

Stenella frontalis

Atlantic spotted dolphin

Steno bredanensis

Rough-toothed dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Bottlenose dolphin

Cephalorhynchus commersonii

Commerson’s dolphin

Cephalorhynchus eutropia

Black dolphin

Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

Heaviside’s dolphin

Cephalorhynchus hectori

Hector’s dolphin

Grampus griseus

Risso’s dolphin

Lagenodelphis hosei

Fraser’s dolphin

Lagenorhynchus acutus

Atlantic white-sided dolphin

Lagenorhynchus albirostris

White-beaked dolphin

Lagenorhynchus australis

Peale’s dolphin

Lagenorhynchus cruciger

Hourglass dolphin

Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

Pacific white-sided dolphin

Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Dusky dolphin

Orcaella brevirostris

Irrawaddy dolphin

Iniidae

Inia geoffrensis

Boto

Pontoporiidae

Lipotes vexillifer

Baiji

Pontoporia blainvillei

Franciscana

Platanistidae

Plantanista minor

Indus river dolphins

Platanistidae

Plantanista gangetica

Ganges river dolphin

Phocoenidae

Neophocaena phocaenoides

Finless porpoise

Australophocaena dioptrica

Spectacled porpoise

Phocoena phocoena

Harbour porpoise

Phocoena sinus

Vaquita

Phocoena spinipinnis

Burmeister’s porpoise

Phocoenoides dalli

Dall’s porpoise


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