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    The short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) is one of the two species of cetaceans in the genus Globicephala, which it shares with the long-finned...
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    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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    short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Long-finned pilot whales are known as such because of their unusually long pectoral fins. Pilot whales...
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  • Thumbnail for Fin whale
    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...
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  • Thumbnail for Minke whale
    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...
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    member after the blue and fin whales. They can grow up to 19.5 m (64 ft) in length and weigh as much as 28 t (28 long tons; 31 short tons). Two subspecies...
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  • Thumbnail for Bryde's whale
    Bryde's whale (/ˈbrʊdəz/ BRUU-dəz), or the Bryde's whale complex, putatively comprises three species of rorqual and maybe four. The "complex" means the...
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  • Thumbnail for False killer whale
    1884. Owen compared the skull to those of the long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas), beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), and Risso's dolphin (Grampus...
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  • Thumbnail for Mesoplodon
    closely related whales such as the bottlenose whales and giant beaked whales. The spindle-shaped body has a small dorsal fin and short and narrow flippers...
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    Orca (redirect from Orca Whale)
    Selbmann, A.; et al. (2022). "Occurrence of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) and killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Icelandic coastal waters and...
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  • Thumbnail for Melon-headed whale
    subfamily Globicephalinae, melon-headed whales are closely related to long-finned and short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas and G. macrorhynchus...
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  • Thumbnail for Common minke whale
    boats also caught other species, mainly giant beaked whales, short-finned pilot whales, and killer whales. As the number of boats declined the average tonnage...
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  • Thumbnail for Toothed whale
    "bulls", play no part in raising calves. In orcas, false killer whales, short-finned pilot whales, narwhals, and belugas, there is an unusually long post-reproductive...
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  • Thumbnail for Blue whale
    to 199 tonnes (196 long tons; 219 short tons), it is the largest animal known ever to have existed. The blue whale's long and slender body can be of various...
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  • Thumbnail for Dwarf sperm whale
    the pygmy sperm whale, distinguished mainly by the position of the dorsal fin on the body–nearer the middle in the dwarf sperm whale and nearer the tail...
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    (October 1996). "Observations of an Interaction Between Sperm Whales and Short-Finned Pilot Whales in the Gulf of Mexico". Marine Mammal Science. 12 (4): 588–594...
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  • Blackfish (disambiguation) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    small, dark-colored toothed whales such as the pygmy sperm whale, the false killer whale, and the short-finned pilot whale Blackfish (film), a 2013 documentary...
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    Rorqual (redirect from Rorqual whale)
    ever lived, the blue whale, which can reach 180 tonnes (200 short tons), and the fin whale, which reaches 120 tonnes (130 short tons); even the smallest...
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  • Thumbnail for Whale
    the orca, or killer whale, the melon-headed whale, the pygmy killer whale, the false killer whale, and the two species of pilot whales, all of which are...
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  • Cetaceans of the Caribbean (category Articles with short description)
    along the American coast, but only the short-finned pilot whale is observed in the Caribbean region, the long-finned species preferring to avoid warm waters...
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  • Thumbnail for Beaked whale
    whales live very short lives in captivity when compared to other cetaceans such as common bottlenose dolphins and short-finned pilot whales, most surviving...
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  • Thumbnail for Pygmy sperm whale
    "cachalot a tête courte"–small-headed sperm whale; further, the species name breviceps is Latin for "short-headed". In 1846, zoologist John Edward Gray...
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  • Thumbnail for Baird's beaked whale
    beaked whale (Berardius bairdii), also known as the northern giant bottlenose whale, North Pacific bottlenose whale, giant four-toothed whale, northern...
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  • List of mammals of Nova Scotia (category Articles with short description)
    Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) extirpated Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) Risso's dolphin...
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  • Thumbnail for Pygmy killer whale
    observed associating with false killer whales, short-finned pilot whales, and bottlenose dolphins. Pygmy killer whales have been incidental bycatch in fishing...
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  • Thumbnail for Cuvier's beaked whale
    Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-beaked whale, or ziphius (Ziphius cavirostris) is the most widely distributed of all beaked whales in the family Ziphiidae...
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  • Thumbnail for Risso's dolphin
    Risso's dolphin (category Articles with short description)
    found off Santa Catalina Island where they are sympatric with short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and both species feed on the squid...
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  • Thumbnail for List of cetaceans
    comprises the 94 species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises. It is divided into toothed whales (Odontoceti) and baleen whales (Mysticeti), which diverged...
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  • Thumbnail for Spinner dolphin
    possible predators include the killer whale, the false killer whale, the pygmy killer whale and the short-finned pilot whale. They are susceptible to parasites...
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    southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii). These cetaceans are predominantly black, white beneath, and some of the few without a dorsal fin or ridge...
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