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Overview of Toothed Whales

Overview of Toothed Whales. By: Lindsey Whitebread. Overview of Toothed Whales. Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odontonceti Made up of 6 families. A Few Fast Facts. Number of teeth differs among species Teeth have 3 main functions Active hunters Have a single blowhole Have a “melon” on head.

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Overview of Toothed Whales

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  1. Overview of Toothed Whales By: Lindsey Whitebread

  2. Overview of Toothed Whales • Order: Cetacea • Suborder: Odontonceti • Made up of 6 families

  3. A Few Fast Facts • Number of teeth differs among species • Teeth have 3 main functions • Active hunters • Have a single blowhole • Have a “melon” on head

  4. Family Delphinidae • Consists of 37 species • Two best known • Orca • Bottlenose Dolphin Orca

  5. Orca • Largest species in family • Distinctive markings • Found in all oceans • Highly social and vocal

  6. Bottlenose Dolphin • Friendly and curious • Elongated jaw forms bottlenose shape • Breath through blowhole • Found in open seas

  7. Family Monodontidae Consists of two unusual species • Beluga Whale • Narwhal Beluga Whale

  8. Beluga Whale • Found in Arctic and Sub-Artic waters • Known as “White Whale” • Extremely large “melon” • Lacks a dorsal fin

  9. Narwhal • Name means “corpse whale” • One long tusk • Found in Artic waters

  10. Family Phocoenidae • Consists of six species of porpoises • Best known is Harbor Porpoise • Smallest creatures in toothed whale classification • Found across the Northern Hemisphere Harbor Porpoise

  11. Families Physteridae and Kogiidae Consists of three species • Sperm Whale • Dwarf Sperm Whale • Pigmy Sperm Whale Pigmy Sperm Whale

  12. Sperm Whale • Largest of all toothed whales • Deepest diving mammal • Found in all oceans around the world

  13. Family Ziphidae • Consists of 20 plus species of Beaked Whales • Does not use teeth to catch prey • Little is know about the behavior Beaked Whale

  14. Super Family Platanistoidea • Consists of four species of River Dolphins • Most endangered • Found in waters around South America and China River Dolphin

  15. Bottlenose Dolphin Beluga Whale Orca Dwarf Sperm Whale

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