- porpoises.
Dolphins and
porpoises may be
considered whales from a formal,
cladistic perspective.
Whales,
dolphins and
porpoises belong to the
order Cetartiodactyla...
-
Resident Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) | NOAA Fisheries". NOAA.
Retrieved December 9, 2024. "Facts
about orcas (killer
whales)".
Whales.org.
Whale &
Dolphin Conservation...
- "gulp feeders",
swallowing prey in bulk,
while right whales and
bowhead whales are skimmers. The
whale increases its
mouth gape by
expanding the grooves...
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Sperm whales can live 70
years or more.
Sperm whales'
heads are
filled with a waxy
substance called "****ceti" (sperm oil), from
which the
whale derives...
-
toothed whales (containing porpoises, dolphins,
other predatory whales like the
beluga and the
sperm whale, and the
poorly understood beaked whales) and...
-
Baleen whales (/bəˈliːn/), also
known as
whalebone whales, are
marine mammals of the
parvorder Mysticeti in the
infraorder Cetacea (
whales,
dolphins and...
-
whales as a
sister group. This
study also
found significant gene flow
between minke whales and the
ancestors of the blue and sei
whale. Blue
whales also...
-
Beluga whale behavior under killer whale predation makes them
vulnerable to hunters. When
killer whales are present,
large numbers of
beluga whales congregate...
- long-finned
pilot whales living in
colder waters and short-finned
pilot whales living in
tropical and
subtropical waters.
Pilot whales are
among the largest...
- jaw'.
Mesoplodont beaked whales are
small whales, 3.9 m (13 ft) (pygmy
beaked whale) to 6.2 m (20 ft) (strap-toothed
whale) in length, even compared...
