Distribution.—A single record for northeastern Washington. Seemingly a rare wanderer from outside the state.
ORDER CETACEA
Whales and porpoises
Because Victor B. [Scheffer] and John W. [Slipp] have in preparation a detailed account of Cetaceans properly ascribable to Washington, members of this order here are not treated in as much detail as are other native mammals.
Berardius bairdii Stejneger
[Baird] beaked whale
Description.—Length about 40 feet; mandibles elongate, "beak-like"; one or two large teeth at tip of lower jaw; dorsal fin small and situated posteriorly; color black but abdomen occasionally grayish.
Remarks.—This rare whale is known from a few specimens recorded from Alaska south to California.
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True
Stejneger beaked whale
Description.—Similar to the previous species in proportions but smaller; length about 17 feet. Differs in possessing one large flat tusk in lower jaw.