Order: Cetacea (Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales)

• Balaenidae (Bowhead Whales and Right Whales)
• Balaenopteridae (Rorquals)
• Delphinidae (Dolphins, Killer Whales and Pilot Whales)
• Eschrichtiidae (Grey Whales)
• Hyperoodontidae (Beaked Whales)
• Iniidae (River Dolphins)
• Kogiidae (Dwarf Sperm Whales)
• Monodontidae (Beluga and Narwhal)
• Neobalaenidae (Pygmy Right Whales)
• Phocoenidae (Porpoises)
• Physeteridae (Sperm Whales)
• Platanistidae (Indian River Dolphins)

Family: Balaenidae (Bowhead Whales and Right Whales)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Balaena mysticetus	Bowhead Whale
Eubalaena australis	Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena glacialis	Atlantic Northern Right Whale
Eubalaena japonica	Pacific Northern Right Whale

Family: Balaenopteridae (Rorquals)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Balaenoptera acutorostrata	Northern Minke Whale
Balaenoptera bonaerensis	Southern Minke Whale
Balaenoptera borealis	Sei Whale
Balaenoptera brydei	Offshore Bryde's Whale
Balaenoptera edeni	Pygmy Bryde's Whale
Balaenoptera musculus	Blue Whale
Balaenoptera omurai	Omura's Whale
Balaenoptera physalus	Fin Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae	Humpback Whale

Family: Delphinidae (Dolphins, Killer Whales and Pilot Whales)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Cephalorhynchus commersonii	Commerson's Dolphin
Cephalorhynchus eutropia	Chilean Dolphin
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii	Heaviside's Dolphin
Cephalorhynchus hectori	Hector's Dolphin
Delphinus delphis	Short-beaked Common Dolphin
Feresa attenuata	Pygmy Killer Whale
Globicephala macrorhynchus	Short-finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melas	Long-finned Pilot Whale
Grampus griseus	Risso's Dolphin
Lagenodelphis hosei	Fraser's Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus acutus	Atlantic White-sided Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus albirostris	White-beaked Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus australis	Peale's Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus cruciger	Hourglass Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens	Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus obscurus	Dusky Dolphin
Lissodelphis borealis	Northern Right Whale Dolphin
Lissodelphis peronii	Southern Right Whale Dolphin
Orcaella brevirostris	Irrawaddy Dolphin
Orcaella heinsohni	Australian Snubfin Dolphin
Orcinus orca	Killer Whale
Peponocephala electra	Melon-headed Whale
Pseudorca crassidens	False Killer Whale
Sotalia fluviatilis	Tucuxi
Sotalia guianensis	Guina Dolphin
Sousa chinensis	Pacific Humpback Dolphin
Sousa plumbea	Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin
Sousa sahulensis	Australian Humpback Dolphin
Sousa teuszi	Atlantic Humpback Dolphin
Stenella attenuata	Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
Stenella clymene	Clymene Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba	Striped Dolphin
Stenella frontalis	Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
Stenella longirostris	Spinner Dolphin
Steno bredanensis	Rough-toothed Dolphin
Tursiops aduncus	Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus	Bottlenose Dolphin

Family: Eschrichtiidae (Grey Whales)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Eschrichtius robustus	Grey Whale

Family: Hyperoodontidae (Beaked Whales)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Berardius arnuxii	Arnoux's Beaked Whale
Berardius bairdii	Baird's Beaked Whale
Berardius minimus	Dwarf Baird's Beaked Whale
Hyperoodon ampullatus	Northern Bottlenose Whale
Hyperoodon planifrons	Southern Bottlenose Whale
Indopacetus pacificus	Longman's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon bidens	Sowerby's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon bowdoini	Andrews' Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi	Hubbs' Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon densirostris	Blainville's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon europaeus	Gervais' Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon ginkgodens	Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon grayi	Gray's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon hectori	Hector's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon hotaula	Deraniyagala's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon layardii	Layard's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon mirus	True's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon perrini	Perrin's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon peruvianus	Pygmy Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon stejnegeri	Stejneger's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon traversii	Bahamonde's Beaked Whale
Tasmacetus shepherdi	Shepherd's Beaked Whale
Ziphius cavirostris	Cuvier's Beaked Whale

Family: Iniidae (River Dolphins)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Inia araguaiaensis	Araguaian River Dolphin
Inia geoffrensis	Boto

Family: Kogiidae (Dwarf Sperm Whales)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Kogia breviceps	Pygmy Sperm Whale
Kogia sima	Dwarf Sperm Whale

Family: Lipotidae (Yangtze River Dolphins)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Lipotes vexillifer	Yangtze River Dolphin

Family: Monodontidae (Beluga and Narwhal)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Delphinapterus leucas	Beluga Whale
Monodon monoceros	Narwhal

Family: Neobalaenidae (Pygmy Right Whales)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Caperea marginata	Pygmy Right Whale

Family: Phocoenidae (Porpoises)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Neophocaena asiaeorientalis	Yangtze Finless Porpoise
Neophocaena phocaenoides	Finless Porpoise
Phocoena dioptrica	Spectacled Porpoise
Phocoena phocoena	Harbour Porpoise
Phocoena sinus	Vaquita
Phocoena spinipinnis	Burmeister's Porpoise
Phocoenoides dalli	Dall's Porpoise

Family: Physeteridae (Sperm Whales)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Physeter macrocephalus	Sperm Whale

Family: Platanistidae (Indian River Dolphins)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Platanista gangetica	Ganges River Dolphin

Family: Pontoporiidae (La Plata Dolphins)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Pontoporia blainvillei	La Plata Dolphin

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