#order_Cetacea__Cetacea an order of Eutheria supertype: #animal_order the order of animals member of: #subclass_Eutheria member: #cetacean_mammal__cetacean__blower large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals member: #suborder_Mysticeti__Mysticeti baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks member: #baleen_whale__whalebone_whale__whalebonewhale whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water member: #family_Balaenidae__Balaenidae right whales member: #right_whale__rightwhale large arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil member: #genus_Balaena__Balaena type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales member: #bowhead_whale__bowheadwhale__bowhead__Greenland_whale__Balaena_mysticetus large-mouthed arctic whale member: #family_Balaenopteridae__Balaenopteridae rorquals; blue whales member: #rorqual__razorback any of several baleen whales of of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin member: #genus_Balaenoptera__Balaenoptera type genus of the Balaenopteridae member: #blue_whale__sulfur_bottom__Balaenoptera_musculus largest mammal ever known; bluish-gray migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere member: #finback_whale__finbackwhale__finback__finwhale__common_rorqual__Balaenoptera_physalus large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific member: #sei_whale__seiwhale__Balaenoptera_borealis similar to but smaller than the finback whale member: #lesser_rorqual__piked_whale__pikedwhale__minke_whale__minkewhale__Balaenoptera_acutorostrata small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific member: #genus_Megaptera__Megaptera humpback whales member: #humpback_whale__humpback__Megaptera_novaeangliae large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives member: #family_Eschrichtiidae__Eschrichtiidae comprising only the gray whales member: #genus_Eschrichtius__Eschrichtius type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae member: #gray_whale__devilfish__Eschrichtius_gibbosus__Eschrichtius_robustus medium-sized grayish-black whale of the north Pacific member: #suborder_Odontoceti__Odontoceti toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales member: #toothed_whale__toothedwhale any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc. member: #family_Physeteridae__Physeteridae sperm whales member: #genus_Physeter__Physeter type genus of the Physeteridae member: #sperm_whale__spermwhale__cachalot__black_whale__blackwhale__Physeter_catodon large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris member: #genus_Kogia__Kogia pygmy sperm whales member: #pygmy_sperm_whale__pygmyspermwhale__Kogia_breviceps small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America member: #dwarf_sperm_whale__dwarfspermwhale__kogiasimu very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific member: #family_Ziphiidae__Ziphiidae__Hyperodontidae__family_Hyperodontidae beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae member: #beaked_whale any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw member: #genus_Hyperoodon__Hyperoodon bottle-nosed whales member: #bottle-nosed_whale__bottlenose_whale__bottlenose__Hyperoodon_ampullatus North Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead member: #family_Delphinidae__Delphinidae dolphins member: #dolphin any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises member: #genus_Delphinus__Delphinus type genus of the Delphinidae member: #common_dolphin__Delphinus_delphis black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water; one of the dolphins displayed at the Marinelands of California and Florida member: #genus_Tursiops__Tursiops a genus of Delphinidae member: #bottlenose_dolphin__bottle-nosed_dolphin__bottlenose any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of North Atlantic and Mediterranean member: #genus_Phocaena__Phocaena porpoises member: #porpoise any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth member: #genus_Grampus grampus member: #grampus__grampu__Grampus_griseus slaty-gray blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas member: #genus_Orcinus__Orcinus killer whales member: #killer_whale__killer__orca__grampus__grampu__sea_wolf__seawolf__Orcinus_orca predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas member: #genus_Globicephala__Globicephala pilot whales member: #pilot_whale__pilotwhale__black_whale__blackwhale__common_blackfish__blackfish__Globicephala_melaena small dark-colored whaled of United States Atlantic coast; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school member: #family_Platanistidae__Platanistidae river dolphins member: #river_dolphin__riverdolphin any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia member: #family_Monodontidae__Monodontidae narwhals member: #genus_Monodon__Monodon type genus of the Monodontidae member: #narwhal__narwal__narwhale__Monodon_monoceros small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk member: #genus_Delphinapterus__Delphinapterus white whale member: #white_whale__whitewhale__beluga__Delphinapterus_leucas small northern whale that is white when adult
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