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    Right whale dolphins are cetaceans belonging to the genus Lissodelphis. It contains the northern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) and the southern...
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  • Thumbnail for Southern right whale dolphin
    The southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii) is a small and slender species of cetacean, found in cool waters of the Southern Hemisphere. It...
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  • Thumbnail for Northern right whale dolphin
    The northern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) is a small, slender species of cetacean found in the cold and temperate waters of the North Pacific...
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    hybrids of dusky dolphins have been described with a long-beaked common dolphin and a southern right whale dolphin. The dusky dolphin is small to medium...
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  • Thumbnail for Pygmy right whale
    The pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) is a species of baleen whale. It may be a member of the cetotheres, a family of baleen whales which until 2012...
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    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 North Atlantic right whale
    The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale, one of three right whale species belonging to the genus Eubalaena, all of which...
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  • Thumbnail for Right whale
    Right whales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena: the North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis), the North Pacific right whale...
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    right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Southern right...
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  • Thumbnail for Hourglass dolphin
    cetaceans such as pilot whales, minke whales and southern right whale dolphins and are regularly seen with fin whales. Hourglass dolphins frequently bow-ride...
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    Cetacea (redirect from Whales and dolphins)
    aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle...
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  • Thumbnail for Melon-headed whale
    melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra), also known less commonly as the electra dolphin, little killer whale, or many-toothed blackfish, is a toothed whale of...
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  • Thumbnail for North Pacific right whale
    The North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) is a very large, thickset baleen whale species that is extremely rare and endangered. The Northeast...
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    contain "whale" rather than "dolphin", such as the Globicephalinae (round-headed whales, which include the false killer whale and pilot whale). Delphinidae...
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    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...
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  • Thumbnail for Risso's dolphin
    synonyms after publication of the Catalog of Whales (Hershkovitz, 1966). Another common name for the Risso's dolphin is grampus (also the species' genus), although...
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    The long-finned pilot whale, or pothead whale (Globicephala melas) is a large species of oceanic dolphin. It shares the genus Globicephala with the short-finned...
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    common names of the species included the Greenland right whale, Arctic whale, steeple-top, and polar whale. Bowheads have the largest mouth of any animal...
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    Orca (redirect from Orca Whale)
    The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the...
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  • Thumbnail for False killer whale
    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...
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  • Other: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Right whale dolphin - two species of dolphins in the genus Lissodelphis Northern right whale dolphin Southern right whale...
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  • Thumbnail for Dwarf sperm whale
    The dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) is a sperm whale that inhabits temperate and tropical oceans worldwide, in particular continental shelves and slopes...
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  • Thumbnail for Bryde's whale
    Natural History of Whales and Dolphins. Facts on File. Omura, H. (1966). "Bryde's whales in the Northwest Pacific". In Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises (ed...
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  • Thumbnail for Chilean dolphin
    Chilean dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia), also known as the Black dolphin, is one of four dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus. The dolphin is found...
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  • Thumbnail for Peale's dolphin
    such as the Whale and Dolphin Conservation demand further research be made into this species. The Peale's dolphin or black-chinned dolphin is listed on...
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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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    with all the whales, dolphins, and porpoises, and further classified into Odontoceti, containing all the toothed whales and dolphins. It is the sole...
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  • Thumbnail for Ganges river dolphin
    "South Asian river dolphin". Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. Retrieved 18 April 2018. "South Asian River Dolphin". Whale and Dolphin Conservation....
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  • Thumbnail for Whale watching
    Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and dolphins (cetaceans) in their natural habitat. Whale watching is mostly a recreational activity...
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  • Thumbnail for Cuvier's beaked whale
    cetaceans, appearing somewhat like a bigger and stockier bottlenose dolphin. Cuvier's beaked whale is pelagic, generally inhabiting waters deeper than 300 m (1...
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