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/bəˈliːnɨdiː/
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Cetacea
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Animalia
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Chordata
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Mammalia
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Eutheria
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Laurasiatheria
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Cetartiodactyla
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Whippomorpha
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Mysticeti
(Baleen whales)
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Balaena
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Bowhead Whale (
B. mysticetus
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Eubalaena
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Southern Right Whale (
E. australis
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North Atlantic Right Whale (
E. glacialis
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North Pacific Right Whale (
E. japonica
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Balaenopteridae
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Balaenoptera
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Common Minke Whale (
B. acutorostrata
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Antarctic Minke Whale (
B. bonaerensis
)
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Sei Whale (
B. borealis
)
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Bryde's Whale (
B. brydei
)
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Pygmy Bryde's Whale (
B. edeni
)
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Blue Whale (
B. musculus
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B. omurai
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Fin Whale (
B. physalus
)
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Megaptera
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Humpback Whale (
M. novaeangliae
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Eschrichtiidae
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Eschrichtius
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Gray Whale (
E. robustus
)
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Neobalaenidae
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Caperea
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Pygmy Right Whale (
C. marginata
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Odontoceti
(Toothed whales)
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Delphinidae
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Cephalorhynchus
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Commerson's Dolphin (
C. commersonii
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Chilean Dolphin (
C. eutropia
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Haviside's Dolphin (
C. heavisidii
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Hector's Dolphin (
C. hectori
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Delphinus
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Long-beaked Common Dolphin (
D. capensis
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Short-beaked Common Dolphin (
D. delphis
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Feresa
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Pygmy Killer Whale (
F. attenuata
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Globicephala
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Short-finned Pilot Whale (
G. macrorhynchus
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Long-finned Pilot Whale (
G. melas
)
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Grampus
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Risso's Dolphin (
G. griseus
)
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Lagenodelphis
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Fraser's Dolphin (
L. hosei
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Lagenorhynchus
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Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (
L. acutus
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White-beaked Dolphin (
L. albirostris
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Peale's Dolphin (
L. australis
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Hourglass Dolphin (
L. cruciger
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Pacific White-sided Dolphin (
L. obliquidens
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Dusky Dolphin (
L. obscurus
)
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Lissodelphis
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Northern Right Whale Dolphin (
L. borealis
)
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Southern Right Whale Dolphin (
L. peronii
)
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Orcaella
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Irrawaddy Dolphin (
O. brevirostris
)
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Australian Snubfin Dolphin (
O. heinsohni
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Orcinus
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Killer Whale (
O. orca
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Peponocephala
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Melon-headed Whale (
P. electra
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Pseudorca
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False Killer Whale (
P. crassidens
)
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Sotalia
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Tucuxi (
S. fluviatilis
)
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Costero (
S. guianensis
)
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Sousa
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Pacific Humpback Dolphin (
S. chinensis
)
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Indian Humpback Dolphin (
S. plumbea
)
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Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (
S. teuszii
)
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Stenella
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Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (
S. attenuata
)
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Clymene Dolphin (
S. clymene
)
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Striped Dolphin (
S. coeruleoalba
)
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Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (
S. frontalis
)
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Spinner Dolphin (
S. longirostris
)
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Steno
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Rough-toothed Dolphin (
S. bredanensis
)
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Tursiops
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Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (
T. aduncus
)
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Common Bottlenose Dolphin (
T. truncatus
)
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Odontoceti
(Toothed whales)
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Monodontidae
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Delphinapterus
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Beluga (
D. leucas
)
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Monodon
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Narwhal (
M. monoceros
)
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Phocoenidae
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Neophocaena
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Finless Porpoise (
N. phocaeniodes
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Phocoena
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Spectacled Porpoise (
P. dioptrica
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Harbor Porpoise (
P. phocoena
)
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Vaquita (
P. sinus
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Burmeister's Porpoise (
P. spinipinnis
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Phocoenoides
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Dall's Porpoise (
P. dalli
)
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Physeteridae
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Physeter
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Sperm Whale (
P. macrocephalus
)
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Kogiidae
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Kogia
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Pygmy sperm whale (
K. breviceps
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Dwarf sperm whale (
K. simus
)
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Iniidae
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Inia
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Amazon River Dolphin (
I. geoffrensis
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Lipotidae
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Lipotes
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Baiji (
L. vexillifer
)
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Platanistidae
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Platanista
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Ganges and Indus River Dolphin (
P. gangetica
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Pontoporiidae
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Pontoporia
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La Plata Dolphin (
P. blainvillei
)
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Ziphidae
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Berardius
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Arnoux's Beaked Whale (
B. arnuxii
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Baird's Beaked Whale (
B. bairdii
)
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Hyperoodon
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Northern Bottlenose Whale (
H. ampullatus
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Southern Bottlenose Whale (
H. planifrons
)
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Indopacetus
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Tropical Bottlenose Whale (
I. pacificus
)
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Mesoplodon
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Sowerby's Beaked Whale (
M. bidens
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Andrew's Beaked Whale (
M. bowdoini
)
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Hubbs' Beaked Whale (
M. carlhubbsi
)
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Blainville's Beaked Whale (
M. densirostris
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Gervais' Beaked Whale (
M. europaeus
)
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Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale (
M. ginkgodens
)
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Gray's Beaked Whale (
M. grayi
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Hector's Beaked Whale (
M. hectori
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Strap-toothed Whale (
M. layardii
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True's Beaked Whale (
M. mirus
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Pygmy Beaked Whale (
M. peruvianus
)
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Perrin's Beaked Whale (
M. perrini
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Stejneger's Beaked Whale (
M. stejnegeri
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Spade-toothed Whale (
M. traversii
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Tasmacetus
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Shepherd's Beaked Whale (
T. sheperdi
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Ziphius
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Cuvier's Beaked Whale (
Z. cavirostris
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