MSL, Order Cetacea
Mammal Image Library Catalog
Family BALAENOPTERIDAE - Blue, Fin, Humpback, Sei Whales
Balaenoptera borealis - Sei whale - Panoceanic
577 Aerial view of two feeding, NW Atlantic, 1980. Cetacean & Turtle Assessment Program, Univ. of RI, School of
Oceanography and Bureau of Land Management
Balaenoptera musculus - Blue whale - Panoceanic
578 Aerial view, NW Atlantic, 1980. Cetacean & Turtle Assessment Prog., Univ. of RI, School of Oceanography
808 Close-up of dried baleen plate. E C Oaks
1215 Three-quarter view (from front) of postcranial skeleton, Santa Barbara Museum, CA, 1990. D G Huckaby
1216 Three-quarter view (from front), showing entire skeleton but emphasizing skull, two persons in photo for scale,
Santa Barbara Museum, CA, 1990. D G Huckaby
Balaenoptera physalus - Fin whale - Panoceanic
769 Side view of dorsal fin, off Provincetown, MA, USA, 1981. R Prescott
Megaptera novaeangliae - Humpback whale - Panoceanic
575 Aerial view, NW Atlantic, 1980. Cetacean & Turtle Assessment Program, Univ. of RI, School of Oceanography
576 Breaching, NW Atlantic, 1974. H E Winn, Office of Naval Research
698 Close-up of head, dorsal view, Antarctic Convergence, 60 degrees South Latitude, 1981. J Thomas
768 Tail-lobbing, off Provincetown, MA, USA, 1981. R Prescott
Family DELPHINIDAE - Ocean Dolphins
Delphinus delphis - Saddleback dolphin - Panoceanic
579 Dorso-lateral view of animal swimming underwater beside ship, NW Atlantic, 1979. Cetacean and Turtle
Assessment Program, Univ. of Rhode Island, School of Oceanography
Globicephala sp. - Pilot whale - Oceanic
929 Animal jumping above aquarium tank, Marineland, CA, USA, 1982. D G Huckaby
930 Close-up of head with mouth open, showing teeth, Sea World, San Diego, CA, USA, 1983. L Hays (contrib. by
D G Huckaby)
Grampus griseus - Risso's dolphin - temperate and tropical seas, worldwide
1055 Close-up side view of head, CA, USA. 1989. T Jefferson
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens - Pacific striped dolphin - Pacific Ocean
433 Ventrolateral view, Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 1976. C M Senger
1009 Side view of dolphin leaping out of water, Sea World, San Diego, CA, 1988. R B Forbes
Lissodelphis borealis - Northern right whale dolphin - N Pacific
1056 Underwater posterodorsal view, CA, USA. 1987. T Jefferson
Orcinus orca - Killer whale - Worldwide, all oceans
979 Oblique view of animal leaping out of water, Sea World, San Diego, CA, USA, 1987. D G Huckaby
1057 Close-up oblique view on ledge of pool, Sea World, San Diego, CA, USA, 1988. D G Huckaby
1058 Close-up of head, mouth open, showing teeth, Sea World, San Diego, CA, USA, 1988. D G Huckaby
1133 Anterolateral view of skull (some postcranial skeleton visible), Sea World, San Diego, CA, 1988. R B Forbes
Pseudorca crassidens - False killer whale - temperate and tropical seas worldwide
1059 Two whales leaping, Sea World, San Diego, CA, USA, 1990. D G Huckaby
1134 Ventrolateral view of skull and anterior portion of postcranial skeleton, Sea World, San Diego, CA, 1988. R B
Forbes
Stenella frontalis - Spotted dolphin - Atlantic Ocean
580 Side view, porpoising, NW Atlantic, 1980. Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program, Univ. of Rhode Island
School of Oceanography
Tursiops truncatus - Bottle-nosed dolphin - Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans
262 Side view, Bimini-Lerner Lab, 1970. E C Oaks
980 Close-up of head, showing teeth and blowhole, Shark Bay, W Australia. C P Groves
981 Small school interacting with people near beach, Shark Bay, W Australia. C P Groves
Eschrichtius robustus - Gray whale - N Pacific Ocean
833 Specimen washed up on Pacific beach, two people nearby for scale, Humboldt Co, CA, USA, 1966. W A Sheppe
834 View of open mouth, showing baleen, Humboldt Co, CA, USA, 1966. W A Sheppe
835 Close-up of baleen, some held aside to show structure and arrangement, Humboldt Co, CA, USA, 1966. W A
Sheppe
836 Close-up of top of head, showing blowholes and barnacles, Humboldt Co, CA, USA, 1966. W A Sheppe
837 Close-up of flukes, person nearby for scale, Humboldt Co, CA, USA, 1966. W A Sheppe
1135 Anterior view of skull (without mandible), Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Oregon, Eugene. R B Forbes
1136 Lateral view of skull (without mandible), Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Oregon, Eugene. R B Forbes
1217 Side view of skull, with lower jaw, showing baleen, Cabrillo Marine Mus., Los Angeles, CA, 1990. D G
Huckaby
1308 Anterior view of mounted skeleton [bar represents 1 meter], WA, 1994. R B Forbes
Family MONODONTIDAE - Narwhals, Belugas
Delphinapterus leucas - Beluga; White whale - N Atlantic, N Pacific, Arctic Ocean
263 Side view, New York City Aquarium, NY, USA, 1969. E C Oaks
804 Dorsal view, showing blowhole open, New York Aquarium, NY, USA, 1969. E C Oaks
Phocoena phocoena - Harbor porpoise - N Atlantic and N Pacific Oceans, isolated population in Black Sea, extends south to Senegal in E Atlantic
1130 Lateral view of skull and postcranial skeleton, Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Oregon, Eugene. R B Forbes
1357 Side views of sculpture and of full skeleton, Nat. Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., 1994. D G Huckaby
Phocoenoides dalli - Dall porpoise - North Pacific coastal waters
1060 Side view of young and adult out of water, 1985. T Jefferson
Kogia breviceps - Pygmy sperm whale - warm oceans of the world
1137 Dorsal view of skull (without mandible), Portland State Univ. Coll. Vertebrates, Portland, OR. R B Forbes
1138 Ventral view of skull (without mandible), Portland State Univ. Coll. Vertebrates, Portland, OR. R B Forbes
Last updated on 29 October 1996.
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