MSL, Order Cetacea

Mammal Image Library Catalog

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ORDER CETACEA (Includes Odontoceti and Mysticeti)

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

    Family ESCHRICHTIIDAE - Gray Whales

    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

    Family PHOCOENIDAE - Porpoises

    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

    Family PHYSETERIDAE - Sperm Wales

    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


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