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Aquatic
Mammals
Whales,
dolphins, and porpoises | Seals, sea lions and walrus
Whales,
Dolphins, and Porpoises
Order Cetacea
Bowhead
Whales (family Balaenidae)
 Right
Whale Balaena glacialis
 Bowhead
Whale Balaena mysticetus
Rorquals (family
Balaenopteridae)
Minke
Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Sei
Whale Balaenoptera borealis
Blue
Whale Balaenoptera musculus
Fin
Whale Balaenoptera physalus
 Humpback
Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Dolphins and Porpoises
(family Delphinidae)
Common
Dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic
Pilot Whale Globicephala melaena
Pacific
Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhyncha
Grey
Grampus Grampus griseus
Atlantic
White-Sided Dolphin Lagenorhyncus acutus
White-Beaked
Dolphin Lagenorhyncus albirostris
Pacific
White-Sided Dolphin Lagenorhyncus obliquidens
Northern
Right-Whale Dolphin Lissodelphis borealis
Killer
Whale Orcinus orca
Harbour
Porpoise Phocoena phocoena
 Dall's
Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli
 Blue
Dolphin Stenella caeruleoalba
Bottlenosed
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Grey Whale (family
Eschrichtidae)
 Grey
Whale Eschrichtius robustus
Pigmy Sperm Whales
(family Kogiidae)
Pigmy
Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps
White Whale and Narwhal
(family Monodontidae)
White
Whale (Beluga) Delphinapterus leucas
Narwhal
Monodon monoceros
Sperm Whale (family
Physeteridae)
Sperm
Whale Physeter catodon
Beaked Whales
(family Ziphiidae)
Giant
Beaked Whale Berardius bairdii
Northern
Bottlenosed Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus
Sowerby's
Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bidens
Moore's
Beaked Whale Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
Blainville's
Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris
True's
Beaked Whale Mesoplodon mirus
Stejneger's
Beaked Whale Mesoplodon stejnegeri
Goose-Beaked
Whale Ziphius cavirostris
Seals,
Sea Lions, and the Walrus
Order Pinnipedia
Walrus
(family Odobenidae)
Walrus
Odobenus rosmarus
Eared Seals (family
Otariidae)
Northern
Fur Seal Callorhinus ursinus
Northern
Sea Lion Eumetopias jubata
California
Sea Lion Zalophus californianus
True Seals (family
Phocidae)
Hooded
Seal Cystophora cristata
Bearded
Seal Erignathus barbatus
Grey
Seal Halichoerus grypus
Northern
Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Harp
Seal Phoca groenlandica
Ringed
Seal Phoca hispida
Harbour
Seal Phoca vitulina
 
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