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Marine Mammals
Ceteceans and Pinnipeds
28
Biology
Not Applicable
05/15/2012

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Term

[image]

obvious

Definition

Beluga Whale

 

Delphinapterus leucas

Term

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spotted skin/ bumpy patches

Definition

Grey Whale

Eschrichtius robustus

Term

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white spot underneath / bumps on head / funny mouth

Definition

Northern Right Whale

 

Eubalaena japonica

Term

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white flippers w/ scalloped edge

Definition

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

Term

[image]

short, stumpy fins / large melon bump

Definition

Short-finned pilot whale

Globicephala macrorhynchus

Term

[image]

underbelly mostly white / rorquals

Definition

Fin Whale

Balaenoptera physalus

Term

[image]

obvious

Definition

Sperm Whale

Physeter macrocephalus

Term

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white band on flippers

Definition

Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Term

[image]

obvious

Definition

Blue Whale

Balaenoptera musculus

Term

[image]

obvious

Definition

Narwhal

Monodon monoceros

Term

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white on lower mandible and tail

Definition

Bowhead whale

Balaena mysticetus

Term

[image]

obvious

Definition

West Indian Manatee

Trichechus manatus

Term

[image]

obvious

Definition

Atlantic Walrus

Odobenus rosmarus

Term
[image]ears/ long whiskers / short muzzle
Definition

Northern Fur Seal

Callorhinus ursinus

Term

[image]

uses flippers on front to swim / ears

Definition

California Sea Lion

Zalophus californianus

Term

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spotted fur

Definition

Harbor Seal

Phoca vitulina

Term

[image]

obvious

Definition

Northern Elephant Seal

Mirounga angustirostris

Term
[image]white underbelly w/ black fippers
Definition

Harbor Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena

 

Term

[image]

PINK! / pointy hump-like dorsal fin

Definition

Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin

Sousa chinensis

Term

[image]

big smushed dorsal fin

Definition

Spectacled Porpoise

Phocoena dioptrica

Term

[image]

spotted

Definition
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
Term

[image]

obvious REALLY PINK

Definition

Amazon River Dolphin

Inia geoffrensis

Term

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white streak on side is hourglass-shaped

Definition

Hourglass Dolphin

Lagenorhynchus cruciger

Term

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smallest porpoise

Definition

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus

Term

[image]

big tooth, obvious

Definition

Strap-toothed Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon layardii

Term

[image]

third largest dolphin / all black

Definition

False Killer Whale

Pseudorca crassidens

Term

[image]

obvious

Definition

Common Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Term

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siamese markings

Definition

Hector's Dolphin

Cephalorhynchus hectori

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