MSL, Order Cetacea

Mammal Image Library Catalog

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 macrorhynchus – Long-finned Pilot whale - Oceanic

· 929 Animal jumping above aquarium tank, Marineland, CA, USA, 1982. D G Huckaby

Globicephala melas- Short-finned Pilot whale - Oceanic

· 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

Last updated on 1 October 2007.