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List of Arctic cetaceans

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List of Arctic cetaceans

This is a list of Arctic cetaceans.

Cetacea

  • Balaenidae
  • Bowhead whale (ᐊᕐᕕᖅ, arviq) Balaena mysticetus
  • Balaenopteridae
  • Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
  • Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
  • Blue whale (ᐊᕐᕕᖅ ᓂᐊᖁᕐᓗᖕᓂᖅᓴᖅ, ᐃᐸᒃ, arviq niaqurlungniqsaq, ipak) Balaenoptera musculus
  • Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
  • Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
  • Delphinidae
  • Killer whale (ᐋᕐᓗ, ᐊᕐᓗᒃ, ᐋᕐᓗᒃ, aarlu, arluk, aarluk) Orcinus orca
  • Long-finned pilot whale
  • Atlantic white-sided dolphin
  • White-beaked dolphin
  • Monodontidae
  • Narwhal (ᑑᒑᓕᒃ, tuugaalik, ᕿᓚᓗᒐᖅ ᑑᒑᓕᒃ, qilalugaq tuugaalik) Monodon monoceros
  • Beluga whale (ᕿᓇᓗᒐᖅ, qilalugaq) Delphinapterus leucas
  • Cumberland Sound beluga
  • Mysticeti
  • Gray whale
  • Phocoenidae
  • Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena
  • Physeteridae
  • Sperm whale (ᑭᒍᑎᓕᒃ, kigutilik) Physeter macrocephalus
  • Ziphiidae
  • Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus

    • References

    List of Arctic cetaceans Wikipedia
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