Cetaceans

Cetacea

The forelimbs form flippers and the tail ends in horizontally spreading flukes. Nostrils on top of the head take in air at the surface.

• Mysticeti
• Odontoceti
• Acrophyseter
• Aetiocetidae
• Agorophiidae
• Albicetus
• Albireonidae
• Allodelphinidae
• Ambulocetidae
• Angelocetus
• Ankylorhiza
• Aondelphis
• Common dolphin Delphinus delphis

  A dolphin with contrasting patches along its sides that form an hourglass-like pattern.

• Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus

  A whale with a streamlined body and a dorsal fin set well back. The lower jaw has different colors on each side.

• Killer whale Orcinus orca

  A member of the dolphin family with a black back, white belly and white patches near the eyes.

• Beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas

  An Arctic whale that becomes white as it matures. It has a rounded forehead and no dorsal fin.

• Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

  A whale with a large head and narrow lower jaw that dives into deep water to find food.

• Harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena

  A small porpoise of cool Northern Hemisphere waters. It uses bays and estuaries and mainly eats schooling fish.

• Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata

  A whale with a pointed head and a curved dorsal fin set well back on its body.

• Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae

  A whale with long pectoral fins and distinctive markings on the underside of its tail.

• Bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus

  A whale with a large head and a white chin, living in icy northern seas.

• Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris

  A whale found in many of the world’s oceans that searches for prey in deep water.

• Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus

  A gray dolphin with a short, thick beak, found widely in tropical and temperate seas.

• Long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas

  A small whale with long flippers, found in temperate and colder seas.