Subject: List of known cetacean species

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>Blue whale
>Fin whale
>Humpback
>Bryde
>Sei
>Minke
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Hello,

The list of known cetaceans is as follows ( + =3D River dolphins ):

Suborder Odontoceti (toothed cetaceans):

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   Family Platanistidae +
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        Platanista minor (Indus Susu)
        Platansta gangetica (Ganges Susu)
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    Family Pontoporiidae +

        Pontoporia blainvillei (Franciscana)
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    Family Iniidae +

        Inia geoffrensis    (Boto)

    Family Lipotidae +

        Lipotes vexillifer (Baiji)


    Family Monodontidae

        Orcaella brevirostris (Irrawaddy dolphin)
        Delphinapterus leucas (Beluga)
        Monodon monocerus (Narwhal)

    Family Phocoenidae

        Australophocaena dioptrica (Spectacled porpoise)
        Phocoenoides dalli (Dall's porpoise)
        Phocoena phocoena (Harbour porpoise)
        Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's porpoise)
        Phocoena simus (Vaquita)
        Neophocaena phocaenoides (Finless porpoise)

    Family Delphinidae

        Steno bredanensis (Rough-toothed dolphin)
        Sotalia fluvialis (Tucuxi) (+ but also salt water)
        Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin)
        Souza teuszii (Atlantic hump-backed dolphin)
        Lagenorhynchus albirostris (White beaked dolphin)
        Lagenorhynchus acutus (Atlantic white sided dolphin)
        Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Dusky dolphin)
        Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Pacific withe-sided dolphin)
        Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Hourglass dolphin)
        Lagenorhynchus australis (Peale's dolphin)
        Lagenorhynchus hosei (Fraser's dolphin)
        Delphinus delphis (Common dolphin)
        Tursiops truncatus (Bottle-nosed dolphin)
        Stenella attenuata (Spotted dolphin)
        Stenella frontalis (Spotted dolphin)
        Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped dolphin)
        Stenella longirostris (Long snouted spinner dolphin)
        Stenella clymene (Clymene dolphin or short snouted spinner =
dolphin)
        Lissodelphis peronii (Soutern right-whale dolphin)
        Lissodelphis borealis (Northern right-whale dolphin)
        Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Heaviside's dolphin)
        Cephalorhynchus hectori (Hector's dolphin)
        Cephalorhynchus eutropia (Black dolphin)
        Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Commerson's dolphin)
        Peponecephala electra (Melon-headed whale)
        Feresa attenuata (Pygmy killer whale)
        Pseudorca crassidens (False killer whale)
        Orcinus orca (Killer whale or Orca)
        Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)
        Globicephala melaena (Long finned pilot whale)
        Globicephala macrorhynchus (short finned pilot whale)
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    Family Ziphiidae

        Berardius bairdii (Baird's beaked whale)
        Berardius arnuxii (Arnoux's beaked whale)
        Hyperoodon ampullatus (Northern bottle-nosed whale)
        Hyperoodon planifrons (Souther bottle-nosed whale)
        Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's beaked whale)
        Tasmacetus shepherdi (Tasman beaked whale)
        Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainvilles beaked whale)
        Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby's beaked whale)
        Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais' beaked whale)
        Mesoplodon mirus (True's beaked whale)
        Mesoplodon layardii (Strap-toothed beaked whale)
        Mesoplodon grayi (Gray's beaked whale)
        Mesoplodon bowdoini (Andrew's beaked whale)
        Mesoplodon pacificus (Longman's beaked whale)
        Mesoplodon hectori (Hector's beaked whale)
        Mesoplodon ginkgodens (Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale)
        Mesoplodon stejnegeri (Stejneger's beaked whale)
        Mesoplodon carlhubbsi (Hubbs' beaked whale)
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    Family Kogiidae

        Kogia breviceps (Pygmy sperm whale)
        Kogia simus (Dwarf sperm whale)

    Family Physeteridae

        Physeter catodon (=3Dmacrocephalus) (Sperm whale)

Sub-Order Mysticeti (Baleen whales)

    Family Balaenidae

        Balaena mysticetus (Bowhead whale)
        Eubalaena glacialis (Northern right whale)
        Eubalaena australis (Southern right whale)

    Family Neobalaenidae

        Caperea marginata (Pygmy right whale)

    Family Eschrichtiidae

        Eschrichtius robustus (Gray whale)

    Family Balaenopteridae

        Megaptera novaengliae (Humpback whale)
        Balaenoptera musculus  (Blue whale)
        Balaenoptera physalus (Fin whale)
        Balaenoptera borealis (Sei whale)
        Balaenoptera edeni (Bryde's whale)
        Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke Whale)
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