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INDUS BLIND DOLPHINS by. Cetacean. The Cetacea are one of the most distinctive and highly specialized orders of mammals.

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  1. INDUS BLIND DOLPHINSby

  2. Cetacean The Cetacea are one of the most distinctive and highly specialized orders of mammals. They include the largest animal that has ever lived, the blue whale; the highly intelligent and communicative dolphins; the tusked narwhales and blind river dolphins and singing humpback whales. Blind river dolphins Tusked Narwhales Blue whale Singing Humpback whales

  3. TYPES OF CETACEAN Dolphins Porpoises Whales Seventy-nine species of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) inhabit in the world, among which 75 species live in the sea

  4. Dolphins Among aquatic mammals, dolphins are the most advanced and adapted to aquatic life. Dolphins are the closest relatives of hippopotamus, camel The Dolphin is a mammal with close association to the whale and porpoise .The name 'Dolphin' may have come from the ancient Greek term 'Delphis‘ which means'with a womb'. Therefore, the meaning of the word 'Dolphin' may mean 'fish with a womb'. These marine mammals are mostly believed to have been evolved from land mammals, some 50 or 60 million years ago. • Dolphin are known to be the most intelligent creatures on earth. The brain of the dolphin weighs 1500-1700 grams, while the human brains weighs 1200 grams.

  5. SOME TYPES OF DOLPHIN Other Types Of Dolphin Oceanic Dolphins River Dolphin • Bottlenose dolphin • Dusky dolphin • Risso's dolphin • Hector's dolphin • Long-snouted spinner dolphin • Peale's dolphin • Clymene dolphin • Long-beaked common dolphin • Short-beaked common dolphin • Commerson's dolphin • Hourglass dolphin • Pantropical dolphin • Frasier's dolphin • Irrawaddy dolphin • Rough-toothed dolphin • Atlantic spotted dolphin • Atlantic white-sided dolphin • Pacific white-sided dolphin • Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin • White Beaked Dolphin • Striped Dolphin • Black Dolphin • Heaviside's Dolphin • Melon-Headed Dolphin • Amazon River Dolphin • Yangtze or Baiji River Dolphin • Ganges Dolphin • Indus River Dolphin • La Plata dolphin

  6. Oceanic Dolphins • White Beaked Dolphin • Black Dolphin • Striped Dolphin

  7. Other Types Of Dolphin Dusky Dolphin Risso's Dolphin Bottle Nose Dolphin Peale's Dolphin Hector's Dolphin Long-snouted spinner Dolphin

  8. Other Types Of Dolphin Short-beaked common Dolphin Clymene Dolphin Long-beaked common Dolphin Commerson's Dolphin Hourglass Dolphin

  9. Other Types Of Dolphin Atlantic spotted Dolphin Rough-toothed Dolphin Irrawaddy Dolphin Pantropical Dolphin Frasier's Dolphin

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