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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