Dolphin Species
The dolphin species is actually a toothed whale (Odontoceti). The suborder Odontoceti contains nine families: Physeteridae, Kogiidae, Monodontidae, Ziphiidae, Delphinidae, Pontoporiidae, Platanistidae, Iniidae, and Phocoenidae. These families include what are commonly referred to as toothed whales, dolphins and porpoises. Between them, the families contain thirty-six genera and seventy species.
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Marine Dolphins
1. White Beaked Dolphin
2. Tucuzi
3. Striped Dolphin
4. Southern Right-Whale Dolphin
5. Short Finned Pilot Whale
6.
Short Beaked Common Dolphin
7. Rough Toothed Dolphin
8. Risso's Dolphin
9. Pygmy Killer Whale
10. Peale's Dolphin
11. Pantropical Dolphin
12. Pacific White-Sided Dolphin
13. Northern Right-Whale Dolphin
14. Melon-Headed Dolphin
15. Long-Snouted Spinner Dolphin
16. Long-Finned Pilot Whale
17. Long-Beaked Common Dolphin
18. Orcas (Killer Whale)
19. Irrawaddy Dolphin
20. Indo-Pacific Hump-Backed Dolphin
21. Hourglass Dolphin
22. Hector's Dolphin
23. Heaviside's Dolphin
24. Frasier's Dolphin
25. False Killer Whale
26. Dusky Dolphin
27. Commerson's Dolphin
28. Clymene Dolphin
29. Bottlenose Dolphin
30. Black Dolphin
31. Atlantic White Sided Dolphin
32. Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
33. Atlantic Hump-Backed Dolphin
River Dolphins
1. Baiji, or Yangtze river
Dolphin
2. Boto, or Amazon River
Dolphin
3. Franciscana or La plata
Dolphin
4. Ganges River
Dolphin
5. Indus River
Dolphin
Porpoises
1. Burmeister's Porpoise
2. Dall's Porpoise
3. Finless Porpoise
4. Harbor Porpoise
5. Spectacled Porpoise
6. Vaquita Porpoise
Pilot & Killer Whales (Blackfish)
1. Orca
(Killer Whale) (Orcinus orca)
2. False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
3. Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata)
4. Melon-Headed Whale (Peponocephala electra)
5. Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas)
6. Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
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