Appendix
Scientific names of all North American cetaceans with common names most in use. Maximum size indicated.
Region: (A) Atlantic Ocean, (P) Pacific Ocean, (C) Circumpolar
| Common Name | Size-Region | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Order Cetacea | Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises | ||
| Suborder Odontoceti | Toothed Whales | ||
| Family Ziphiidae | Beaked Whales | ||
| Genus Berardius | |||
| Berardius bairdii | Baird’s Beaked Whale | 42 ft. | (P) |
| Genus Mesoplodon | |||
| Mesoplodon bidens | Sowerby’s Beaked Whale | 16 ft. | (A) |
| Mesoplodon densirostris | Blainville’s Beaked Whale | 15 ft. | (A) |
| Mesoplodon europaeus | Gervais’ Beaked Whale | 16 ft. | (A) |
| Mesoplodon mirus | True’s Beaked Whale | 17 ft. | (A) |
| Mesoplodon stejnegeri | Stejneger’s Beaked Whale | 20 ft. | (P) |
| Genus Ziphius | |||
| Ziphius Cavirostris | Cuvier’s Beaked Whale | 28 ft. | (A-P) |
| Genus Hyperoodon | |||
| Hyperoodon ampullatus | Flat-headed Bottlenosed Whale | 30 ft. | (A) |
| Family Physeteridae | Sperm Whales | ||
| Genus Physeter | |||
| Physeter catodon | Sperm Whale | 60 ft. | (A-P) |
| Family Kogiidae | Pigmy Sperm Whales | ||
| Genus Kogia | |||
| Kogia breviceps | Pigmy Sperm Whale | 13 ft. | (A-P) |
| Family Vonodontidae | White Whale and Narwhal | ||
| Genus Delphinapterus | |||
| Delphinapterus leucas | White Whale (Beluga) | 18 ft. | (C) |
| Genus Monodon | |||
| Monodon monoceros | Narwhal | 12 ft. | (C) |
| Family Delphinidae | Dolphins and Porpoises | ||
| Genus Stenella | |||
| Stenella attenuata | Slender-beaked Porpoise | 6 ft. | (P) |
| Stenella frontalis | Cuvier’s Porpoise | 6 ft. | (A) |
| Stenella graffmani | Graffman’s Porpoise | 8 ft. | (P) |
| Stenella longirostris | Long-beaked Porpoise | 7 ft. | (P) |
| Stenella microps | Small-headed Porpoise | 8 ft. | (P) |
| Stenella plagiodon | Spotted Porpoise | 7 ft. | (A) |
| Stenella styx | Gray’s Porpoise | 8 ft. | (A-P) |
| Genus Steno | |||
| Steno bredanensis | Rough-toothed Porpoise | 8 ft. | (A-P) |
| Genus Delphinus | |||
| Delphinus delphis | Atlantic Dolphin | 8 ft. | (A) |
| Delphinus bairdii | Pacific Dolphin | 7 ft. | (P) |
| Genus Tursiops | |||
| Tursiops truncatus | Atlantic Bottle-nosed Dolphin | 12 ft. | (A) |
| Tursiops gillii | Gill’s Bottle-nosed Dolphin | 12 ft. | (P) |
| Tursiops nuuanu | Pacific Bottle-nosed Dolphin | 7 ft. | (P) |
| Genus Lissodelphis | |||
| Lissodelphis borealis | Right-whale Dolphin | 8 ft. | (P) |
| Genus Lagenorhynchus | |||
| Lagenorhynchus albirostris | White-Beaked Dolphin | 10 ft. | (A) |
| Lagenorhynchus acutus | Atlantic White-sided Dolphin | 9 ft. | (A) |
| Lagenorhynchus obliquidens | Pacific White-sided Dolphin | 7 ft. | (P) |
| Lagenorhynchus thicolea | Gray’s White-sided Dolphin | 9 ft. | (P) |
| Genus Grampus | |||
| Grampus orca | Atlantic Killer Whale | 30 ft. | (A) |
| Grampus rectipinna | Pacific Killer Whale | 30 ft. | (P) |
| Genus Grampidelphis | |||
| Grampidelphis Griseus | Grampus or Risso’s Dolphin | 13 ft. | (A-P) |
| Genus Pseudorca | |||
| Pseudorca crassidens | False Killer Whale | 18 ft. | (A-P) |
| Genus Globicephala | |||
| Globicephala melaena | Common Blackfish or (Pilot Whale) | 28 ft. | (A) |
| Globicephala macrorhyncha | Short-finned Blackfish | 20 ft. | (A) |
| Globicephala scammonii | Pacific Blackfish | 16 ft. | (P) |
| Genus Feresa | |||
| Feresa occulta | Slender Blackfish | 8 ft. | (P) |
| Genus Phocoena | |||
| Phocoena phocoena | Atlantic Harbor Porpoise | 6 ft. | (A) |
| Phocoena vomerina | Pacific Harbor Porpoise | 6 ft. | (A) |
| Genus Phocoenoides | |||
| Phocoenoides dalli | Dall’s Porpoise | 7 ft. | (P) |
| Suborder Mysticeti | Baleen Whales | ||
| Family Eschrichtidae | Gray Whale | ||
| Genus Eschrichtius | |||
| Eschrichtius glaucus | California Gray Whale | 50 ft. | (P) |
| Family Balaenopteridae | Fin-backed Whales | ||
| Genus Balaenoptera | |||
| Balaenoptera physalus | Fin-backed Whale | 81 ft. | (A-P) |
| Balaenoptera borealis | Rorqual (Sei Whale) | 60 ft. | (A-P) |
| Balaenoptera acutorostrata | Little Piked Whale | 33 ft. | (A-P) |
| Genus Sibbaldus | |||
| Sibbaldus musculus | Blue (Sulphur-bottom) Whale | 100 ft. | (A-P) |
| Genus Megaptera | |||
| Megaptera novaeangliae | Hump-backed Whale | 50 ft. | (A-P) |
| Family Balaenidae | Right and Bowhead Whales | ||
| Genus Eubalaena | |||
| Eubalaena glacialis | Atlantic Right Whale | 70 ft. | (A) |
| Eubalaena sieboldii | Pacific Right Whale | 65 ft. | (P) |
| Genus Balaena | |||
| Balaena mysticetus | Bowhead Whale | 65 ft. | (C) |