Cetacean Families

Category Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Suborder Mysticeti Odontoceti
Family Balanidae
(Right whales)

Neobalaenidae
(Pygmy Right whale)

Eschrichtiidae
(Gray whale)

Balaenopteridae
(Additional Baleen whales)

Delphinidae
(Small Whales
& Dolphins)

Iniidae/Pontoporiidae/
Platanistidae
(River dolphins)

Kogiidae
(Small Sperm Whales)

Monodontidae
(Beluga whales)

Phocoenidae
(Porpoises)

Physeteridae
(Sperm whales)

Ziphiidae
(Beaked whales)



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