- The
dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) is a
sperm whale that
inhabits temperate and
tropical oceans worldwide, in
particular continental shelves and slopes...
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toothed whales (also
called odontocetes,
systematic name Odontoceti) are a
parvorder of
cetaceans that
includes dolphins,
porpoises, and all
other whales with...
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includes three extant species of
whales: the
sperm whale, in the
genus Physeter, and the
pygmy sperm whale and
dwarf sperm whale, in the
genus Kogia. In the...
- The
pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) is one of two
extant species in the
family Kogiidae in the
sperm whale superfamily. They are not
often sighted...
- as
sperm whales, grey
whales,
humpback whales and
minke whales. On
three separate occasions in 2019
orcas were
recorded to have
killed blue
whales off...
- The
Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) is a
species of
toothed whale in the
family Phocoenidae, the
porpoise family. It is endemic...
- a
species of
porpoise based on a skull,
which was
revised when the
first carc****es were
observed in 1861. The name "false
killer whale"
comes from having...
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toothed whales (containing
porpoises, dolphins,
other predatory whales like the
beluga and the
sperm whale, and the
poorly understood beaked whales) and...
- and
appearing superficially porpoise-like, it is one of the two
species of
right whale dolphin. The
northern right whale dolphin has a
streamlined body...
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familiar porpoise to
whale watchers. This
porpoise often ventures up rivers, and has been seen
hundreds of
kilometres from the sea. The
harbour porpoise may...
