Cetacean Species

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All extant cetacean species

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Family	Genus	Species	Common Name
Balaenopteridae	Balaenoptera	acutorostrata	Common Minke Whale
		bonaerensis	Antarctic Minke Whale
		borealis	Sei Whale
		edeni	Bryde's Whale
		musculus	Blue Whale
		omurai	Omura's Whale
		physalus	Fin Whale
		ricei	Rice's Whale
	Eschrichtius	robustus	Gray Whale
	Megaptera	novaeangliae	Humpback Whale
Balaenidae	Balaena	mysticetus	Bowhead Whale
	Eubalaena	glacialis	North Atlantic Right Whale
		japonica	North Pacific Right Whale
		australis	Southern Right Whale
Physeteridae	Physeter	macrocephalus	Sperm Whale
Kogiidae	Kogia	breviceps	Pygmy Sperm Whale
Kogiidae	Kogia	sima	Dwarf Sperm Whale
Platanistidae	Platanista	gangetica	Ganges River Dolphin
Platanistidae	Platanista	minor	Indus River Dolphin
Ziphiidae	Berardius	arnuxii	Arnoux's Beaked Whale
		bairdii	Baird's Beaked Whale
		minimus	Sato's Beaked Whale
	Hyperoodon	ampullatus	Northern Bottlenose Whale
	Hyperoodon	planifrons	Southern Bottlenose Whale
	Indopacetus	pacificus	Tropical Bottlenose Whale
	Mesoplodon	bowdoini	Andrews' Beaked Whale
		densirostris	Blainville's Beaked Whale
		hotaula	Deraniyagala's Beaked Whale
		europaeus	Gervais's Beaked Whale
		ginkgodens	Ginkgo-Toothed Beaked Whale
		grayi	Gray's Beaked Whale
		hectori	Hector's Beaked Whale
		carlhubbsi	Hubbs' Beaked Whale
		perrini	Perrin's Beaked Whale
		peruvianus	Pygmy Beaked Whale
		bidens	Sowerby's Beaked Whale
		traversii	Spade-toothed Whale
		stejnegeri	Stejneger's Beaked Whale
		layardii	Strap-toothed Whale
		mirus	True's Beaked Whale
		eueu	Ramari's Beaked Whale
	Tasmacetus	shepherdi	Shepherd's Beaked Whale
	Ziphius	cavirostris	Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Pontoporiidae	Pontoporia	blainvillei	La Plata Dolphin
Iniidae	Inia	geoffrensis	Amazon River Dolphin

Family	Genus	Species	Common Name
Delphinidae	Delphinus	delphis	Common Dolphin
	Lagenodelphis	hosei	Fraser's Dolphin
	Sousa	teuszii	Atlantic Humpback Dolphin
		chinensis	Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin
		plumbea	Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin
		sahulensis	Australian Humpback Dolphin
	Sotalia	fluviatilis	Tucuxi
	Sotalia	guianensis	Guiana Dolphin
	Stenella	attenuata	Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
		clymene	Clymene Dolphin
		coeruleoalba	Striped Dolphin
		frontalis	Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
		longirostris	Spinner Dolphin
	Tursiops	aduncus	Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
	Tursiops	truncatus	Common Bottlenose Dolphin
	Cephalorhynchus	commersonii	Commerson's Dolphin
		eutropia	Chilean Dolphin
		heavisidii	Heaviside's Dolphin
		hectori	Hector's Dolphin
	Lissodelphis	borealis	Northern Right Whale Dolphin
	Lissodelphis	peronii	Southern Right Whale Dolphin
	Feresa	attenuata	Pygmy Killer Whale
	Globicephala	macrorhynchus	Short-finned Pilot Whale
	Globicephala	melas	Long-finned Pilot Whale
	Grampus	griseus	Risso's Dolphin
	Orcaella	brevirostris	Irrawaddy Dolphin
	Orcaella	heinsohni	Australian Snubfin Dolphin
	Peponocephala	electra	Melon-headed Whale
	Pseudorca	crassidens	False Killer Whale
	Steno	bredanensis	Rough-toothed Dolphin
	Orcinus	Orca	Orca
	Lagenorhynchus	acutus	Atlantic White-sided Dolphin
		albirostris	White-beaked Dolphin
		australis	Peale's Dolphin
		cruciger	Hourglass Dolphin
		obliquidens	Pacific White-sided Dolphin
		obscurus	Dusky Dolphin
Phocoenidae	Neophocaena	asiaeorientalis	Yangtze Finless Porpoise
		phocaenoides	Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise
		sunameri	East Asian Finless Porpoise
	Phocoena	dioptrica	Spectacled Porpoise
		phocoena	Harbour Porpoise
		sinus	Vaquita
		spinipinnis	Burmeister's Porpoise
	Phocoenoides	dalli	Dall's Porpoise
Monodontidae	Delphinapterus	leucas	Beluga Whale
Monodontidae	Monodon	monoceros	narwhal