- porpoises.
Dolphins and
porpoises may be
considered whales from a formal,
cladistic perspective.
Whales,
dolphins and
porpoises belong to the
order Cetartiodactyla...
-
toothed whales (containing porpoises, dolphins,
other predatory whales like the
beluga and the
sperm whale, and the
poorly understood beaked whales) and...
- "killer
whales"
because ancient sailors saw them hunt
larger whales.
Since the 1960s, the term "orca" has
increasingly replaced "killer
whale" in common...
-
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...
-
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...
- "gulp feeders",
swallowing prey in bulk,
while right whales and
bowhead whales are skimmers. The
whale increases its
mouth gape by
expanding the grooves...
-
minke whale has a black/gray/purple color.[clarification needed]
Common minke whales (Northern
Hemisphere variety) are
distinguished from
other whales by...
-
Atlantic right whale.
Based on
later DNA analysis,
those fossil bones claimed to be from
Swedenborg whales were
confirmed to be from
bowhead whales. The bowhead...
- 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...
-
hybridization with fin
whales. The gene flow was
determined to be
unidirectional from fin to blue
whales.
Despite their smaller size, fin
whales have
similar cruising...
