| List of All Whale Types |
| Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus |
| North Atlantic Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis |
| North Pacific Right Whale, Eubalaena japonica |
| Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis |
| Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus |
| Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis |
| Bryde’s Whale, Balaenoptera brydei |
| Pygmy Bryde’s Whale, (Eden’s Whale) Balaenoptera edeni |
| Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
| Northern Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
| Southern Minke Whale, (Antarctic Minke Whale) Balaenoptera bonaerensis |
| Balaenoptera omurai, discovery announced November 2003. No common name yet in usage |
| Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae |
| Gray Whale, Eschrichtius robustus |
| Pygmy Right Whale, Caperea marginata |
| Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus |
| Dwarf Sperm Whale, Kogia sima |
| Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps |
| Cuvier’s Beaked Whale, Ziphius cavirostris |
| Arnoux’s Beaked Whale, Berardius arnuxii |
| Baird’s Beaked Whale (North Pacific Bottlenose Whale), Berardius bairdii |
| Shepherd’s Beaked Whale (Tasman Beaked Whale), Tasmacetus shepherdi |
| Longman’s Beaked Whale (Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale), Indopacetus pacificus |
| Northern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus |
| Southern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon planifrons |
| Hector’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon hectori |
| True’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon mirus |
| Gervais’ Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon europaeus |
| Sowerby’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon bidens |
| Gray’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon grayi |
| Pygmy Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon peruvianus |
| Andrews’ Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon bowdoini |
| Bahamonde’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon bahamondi |
| Hubbs’ Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi |
| Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens |
| Stejneger’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon stejnegeri |
| Layard’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon layardii |
| Blainville’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon densirostris |
| Perrin’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon perrini |
| Narwhal, Monodon monoceros |
| Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas |
| Pakicetus |
| Ambulocetus |
| Basilosaurus |
| Dorudon |
| Squalodon |
| Mammalodon colliveri |
| Janjucetus hunderi – thought to have been an early baleen whale, with remnants of teeth |
| Harrison’s Whale, Eobalaenoptera harrisoni – fossil species first discovered June 2004 |
| Giglioli’s Whale |
| High-finned sperm whale |
| Trunko |
| Gambo |
| Bloop (an underwater sound detected by the NOAA, possibly from a whale) |
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