Odontocete Classification

Family Monodontidae

Beluga and Narwhal

Monodon monoceros

NARWHAL

• family Monodontidae

Dephinapterus leucas

BELUGA

• family Monodontidae

Physter macrocephalus

SPEM WHALE

• family Physeteridae

Platanista gangetica

ASIAN RIVER DOLPHIN

• family Platanistidae

Inia geoffrensis

AMAZON RIVER DOLPHIN

• family Iniidae

Pontoporia blainvillei

LA PLATA DOLPHIN

• family Pontoporiidae

Family Kogiidae

pygmy and dwarf sperm whales

Kogia breviceps

PYGMY SPERM WHALE

• family Kogiidae

Kogia sima

DWARF SPERM WHALE

• family Kogiidae

Berardius bairdii

BAIRD'S BEAKED/ GIANT BOTTLENOSE

• family Ziphiidae

Phocoena sinus

VAQUITA

• family Phocoenidae

Phocoena phocoena

HARBOR PORPOISE

• family Phocoenidae

Phocoena spinipinnis

BURMEISTER'S PORPOISE

• family Phocoenidae

Phocoena dioptrica

SPECTACLED PORPOISE

• family Phocoenidae

Phocoenoides dalli

DALL'S PORPOISE

• family Phocoenidae

Neophocaena sp.

FINLESS PORPOISE

• family Phocoenidae

Steno bredanensis

ROUGH TOOTHED DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Sousa chinesis

INDO PACIFIC HUMPBACK DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Sotalia fluviatilis

TUCUXI

• family Delphinidae

Lagenorhynchus albirostris

WHITE BEAKED DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Lagenorhynchus acutus

ATLANTIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Lagenorhynchus obscurus

DUSKY DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Lagenorhynchus cruciger

HOURGLASS DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Lagenorhynchus australis

PEALE'S DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Grampus griseus

RISSO'S DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Tursiops truncatus

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Stenella frontalis

ATLANTIC SPOTTED DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Stenella attenuata

PANTROPICAL SPOTTED DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Stenella longirostris

SPINNER DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Stenella clymene

CLYMENE DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Stenella coeruleoalba

STRIPED DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Delphinus delphis

COMMON DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Lagenodelphis hosei

FRASER'S DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Lissodelphis borealis

NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Lissodelphis peronii

SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Cephalorhynchus commersoni

COMMERSON'S DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Chephalohynchus eutropia

CHILEAN DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Cephalohynchus heavisidii

HEAVISIDES DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Cephalohynchus hectori

HECTOR'S DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae

Peponocephala electra

MELON HEADED WHALE

• family Delphinidae

Feresa attenuate

PYGMY KILLER WHALE

• family Delphinidae

Pseudorca crassidens

FALSE KILLER WHALE

• family Delphinidae

Orcinus orca

KILLER WHALE

• family Delphinidae

Globicephala melas

LONG-FINNED PILOT WHALE

• family Delphinidae

Globicephala macrorhynchus

SHORT-FINNED PILOT WHALE

• family Delphinidae

Orcaella brevirostris

IRRAWADDY DOLPHIN

• family Delphinidae