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Meet the Mammals ~ Order Cetacea

Southern Right WhaleFamily:Balaenidae


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Humpback WhaleFamily:Balaenopteridae


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Humpback WhaleFamily:Balaenopteridae


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Humpback WhaleFamily:Balaenopteridae

Chin with barnacles.
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Humpback WhaleFamily:Balaenopteridae


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Gray WhaleFamily:Eschrichtiidae


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Gray WhaleFamily:Eschrichtiidae


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DolphinsFamily:Delphinidae

Playing in surf.
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DolphinFamily:Delphinidae


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OrcaFamily:Delphinidae


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OrcaFamily:Delphinidae


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Finless Black PorpoiseFamily:Phocoenidae


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BelugaFamily:Monodontidae

With calf.
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BelugaFamily:Monodontidae


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BelugaFamily:Monodontidae


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NarwhalFamily:Monodontidae

Showing "tusks": enlarged upper incisors.
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Sperm WhaleFamily:Physeteridae


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Amazonian River DophinFamily:Iniidae

With a Plecostomus
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11 Families, 84 Species
Whales, dolphins, porpoises
Worldwide
Pectoral appendages modified as fins, nostrils on dorsal surface of head
20 to 200,000 kg.

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