Once endangered species due to a whale hunting industry whales are among the largest sea animals, with the blue whale being the largest animal known to have ever existed. Here’s the list of all types of whales.
| List of All Whale Types |
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| 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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