Whales and dolphines

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Whales and dolphines

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Norsk navn English name Latin Cetacea Length, Where to find them.

Andrewsspisshval Andrew's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bowdoini 5m, Southern oceans

Arktisk vågehval, Sørlig
Antarctic minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Arnouxnebbhval
Arnoux's Beaked Whale Berardius arnouxi 12m, Southern oceans

Bahamondespisshval Bahamonde's Beaked Whale
    also Spade Toothed Whale Mesoplodon traversii / bahamondi

Bairdnebbhval Baird's Beaked Whale Berardius bairdi 12m, Southern oceans

Blainvillespisshval Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris 4.5m, Tropican and temperate

Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) with the vulcano Pico Island, Azores, in the background
photo: Frank Wirth, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Blauwal01.jpg

Blåhval

Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus, 30m, not Arctic, but elsewhere

Brydehval
Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera brydei / edeni 15m, tropical and temperate zones

Buespisshval Hubb's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon carlhubbsi 5m, Northern Pacific

Cuviernebbhval / Småhodehval Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris

Dvergbrydehval / Edens hval Balaenoptera edeni

Dvergretthval Pygmy Right Whale Eubalaena marginata 6m, Southern oceans

Dvergspermhval Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps 4m, Tropical, Temperate zones

Dvergspisshval Lesser Beaked Whale
   also Pygmy Beaked Whale Mesoplodon peruvianus

A view of the Fin Whale's distinctive paired blowholes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fin_Whale

Finnhval Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus 25m, Antarctic, Arctic, N&S of 30°

Gervaisspisshval Gervai's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon europaeus

Ginkgospisshval Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Grayspisshval / Camperdownhval Gray's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon grayi

Grindhval
Short-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus Atlantic Ocean

Grindhval Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melaena / melas 8m, Atlantic Ocean

A young western gray whale off the coast of Sakhalin Island, Russia
Photo: D. Weller

Gråhval Gray / Grey whale Echrichtius robustus Arctic to temp.north. Pacific

Grønlandshval
Bowhead whale Balaena / Eubalaena mysticetus 19m, Arctic, near ice.

Hectorsspisshval Hector's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon hectori

Hvithval Beluga / White Whale Delphinapterus leucas 5m, Arctic oceans, North.Atlantic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Humpback_stellwagen_edit.jpg

Knølhval
Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae, 15m, Summer tropical, winter N&S

Layardspisshval Strap-toothed Whale
   also Layard's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon layardi

Liten dvergspermhval Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia simus

Longmanspisshval Longman's Beaked Whale
      also Indo Pacific Beaked Whale
             Tropical Bottlenose Whale Mesoplodon pacificus

Narhval Nar whale Monodon monoceros 4.5m, Tooth 2.4m, North Atlantic

Nebbhval Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus

Northern Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis
Photo: Center for Coastal Studies

Northern Right Whales, Eubalaena glacialis
Photo: NOAA

Nordkaper Northern Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis / biscayensis Temperate zones

Omura dvergbrydehval Omura dvergbrydehval

Perrinspisshval Perrin's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon perrini

http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/read/protspp/RightWhale/page3.html

Seihval
Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis 19m, all over, seldom Arct. & Antarc.

Shepherdnebbhval / Tasmanhval Shepherd's Bealed Whale Tasmacetus shepherdi

Killer Whale spyhopping and Killer Whale Pod (Orcinus orca)
Photo: NOAA

Spekkhogger

(1)
Killer Whale Orcinus orca 10m, all over

Smermhval Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus /catadon 19m, all over

Spisshval Sowerby's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bidens

Stejnegerspisshval Stejneger's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon stejnegeri

Sørnebbhval Southern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon planifrons

Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis
Photo: Michaël CATANZARITI

Sørlig retthval
Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis

Truespisshval True's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon mirus

Vågehval, (Balaenoptera acutrostrata),
Minke whale, Belyaka Spit, Russia

Vågehval Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostratus, 10m, Northern oceans

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=Mesoplodon+carlhubbsi&btnG=Search

Hvaler - Cetacea
Bardehvaler, Mysticeti	Tannhvaler, Odontoceti
Retthvaler, Balaena Sørlig retthval, Eubalaena australis Nordkaperen, Eubalaena glacialis Dverg-retthval, Eubalaena marginata / Caperea Grønlandshval, Eubalaena mysticetus	Delfiner, Delphinidae Hvitbukdelfin, Cephalorhynchus albiventris Vanlig delfin, langsnutet, Delphinus capensis Commersondelfin, Cephalorhynchus commersoni Vanlig delfin, kortnutet, Delphinus delphis Chiledelfin, Cephalorhynchus å Heavisidedelfin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidei Hektordelfin, Cephalorhynchus hectori Tropisk delfin, Delphinus tropicalis Dvergspekkhogger, Feresa attenuata Sørlig grindhval, *Globicephala edwardi* Grindhval, Globicephala melas / melaena Kortfinnegrindhval, Globicephala macrorhynchus Grindhval 3, Globicephala scammoni Rissodelfin, Grampus griseus Sarawakdelfin / Borneodelfin, Lagenodelphis hosei Kvitskjeving, Lagenorhynchus acutus Kvitnos, Lagenorhynchus albirostris Pealedelfin, Lagenorhynchus australis Korsdelfin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger Brednebbdelfin, Lagenorhynchus electra /Peponocephala.... Mørkdelfin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus Kortsnutedelfin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Falklandsdelfin, Lagenorhynchus thicolea Nordlig slettdelfin, Lissodelphis borealis Sørlig slettdelfin, Lissodelphis peroni Svart finneløs nise, Neophocaena phocaenoides Irrawaddydelfin 1, Orcaella brevirostris Irrawaddydelfin 2, Orcaella ... (saltwater) Spekkhogger, Orcinus orca Melonhodedelfin, Peponocephala electra Falsk spekkhogger, *Pseudorca* crassidens Bornedodelfin, Sotalia borneensis Kinesisk hvitdelfin, Sotalia chinensis Brasildeltadelfin, Sotalia fluviatilis Blyfarget delfin, Sotalia plumbea Flekkdelfin, Sotalia lentiginosa Guianadelfin, Sotalia guianensis /brasiliensis Amasondelfin, Sotalia pallida S.fluviatilis, S.tucuxi (mørke varianter) Kamerundelfin, Sotalia teuszi Uten navn (kopea), Stenella asthenops Hvitflekkdelfin, Stenella attenuata Stripedelfin, Stenella coeruleoalba (Caeruleoalba) Clymenedelfin, Stenella clymene uten navn (borda), Stenella dubia Flekkdelfin (Bisseldelfin), Stenella frontalis uten navn (verdkabia), Stenella frontalis uten navn (meksikia), Stenella graffmani Skruedelfin, Stenella longirostris / Delphinus reseiventris Flekkdelfin, Stenella plagiodon Rutannet delfin, Steno bredanensis, Tumler, Tursiops truncatus uten navn 1 (kurba), Tursiops aduncus uten navn 2, Tursiops gilla utennavn 3, Tursiops, nuuna
Gråhvaler, Eschrichtiidae Gråhval, gray, Echrichtius robustus
Finnhvaler, Balaenopteridae Vågehval, Balaenoptera acutorostratus, Arktisk vågehval, Sørlig .., Balaenoptera bonaerensis Seihval, Balaenoptera borealis, Brydehval, Balaenoptera brydei Dvergbrydehval / Edens hval, Balaenoptera edeni Omura dvergbrydehval, Balaenoptera omurai Blåhval,Balaenoptera musculus, Finnhval, Balaenoptera physalus Knølhval, Megaptera novaeangliae
Tannhvaler, Odontoceti
Kaskelotter Spermasetthvaler, Physeteridae Smermhval, Physeter macrocephalus /catadon Dvergspermhval, Kogia breviceps Liten dvergspermhval, Kogia simus
Hvithval og Narhvaler, Monodontinae Hvithval, Delphinapterus leucas Narhval, Monodon monoceros
Elvedelfiner, Platanistidae Amazonasdelfin (Boto/bufeo), Inia geoffrensis Hvitflaggdelfin / Asiadelfin, Lipotes vexillifer Gangesdelfin (Susu), Platanista gangetica Indusdelfin, Platanista minor La-Platadelfin, Pontoporia blainvillei
Nebbhvaler, Ziphiidae Spisshval, Mesoplodon bidens Andrewsspisshval, Mesoplodon bowdoini Buespisshval, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Blainvillespisshval, Mesoplodon densirostris Gervaisspisshval, Mesoplodon europaeus Ginkgospisshval, Mesoplodon ginkgodens Grayspisshval (Camperdownhval), Mesoplodon grayi Hectorsspisshval, Mesoplodon hectori Layardspisshval, Mesoplodon layardi Truesisshval, Mesoplodon mirus Longmanspisshval, Mesoplodon pacificus Perrinspisshval, Mesoplodon perrini Dvergspisshval, Mesoplodon peruvianus Stejnegerspisshval, Mesoplodon stejnegeri Bahamondespisshval, Mesoplodon traversii / bahamondi Arnouxnebbhval, Berardius arnouxi Bairdnebbhval, Berardius bairdi Nebbhval, Hyperoodon ampullatus Sørnebbhval, Hyperoodon planifrons Tasmanhval / Shepherdnebbhval, Tasmacetus shepherdi Cuviernebbhval / Småhodehval, Ziphius cavirostris
Niser, Phocoenidae Indianise, Neophocaena phocaenoides Brillenise, Phocaena dioptrica Nise, Phocaena phocaena Kalifornianise, Phocaena sinus Svartnise, Phocaena spinipinnis Stillehavsnise, Phocoenoides dalli Trues nise, Phocoenoides truei

Tasmacetus shepherdi — Shepherd's Beaked Whale, Tasman Beaked Whale
Although the geographic range of this species is not clearly known, Tasmacetus shepherdi (Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasman whale) probably has a circumpolar distribution in temperate waters of the southern hemisphere. All known specimens have been found on beaches in New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, Chile, and the Galapagos Islands (Evans 1987, Tinker 1988). Length 6-7 m

Beluga whales in the Beaufort Sea.
Photo: NOAA Fisheries, National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Omura dvergbrydehval, Balaenoptera omurai
I november 2003 ble det oppdaget en ny finnhvalart, som inntil videre har fått det vitenskapelige navnet Balaenoptera omurai (etter den japanske forskern Omura som oppdaget den). Denne arten er mindre enn de tradisjonelle finnhvalene, som den ellers ligner på. Tidligere har man trodd at dette var en hval som ikke var fullt utvokst, men etter funn gjort i indo-stillehavsområdet slo forskerne fast at det var snakk om en ny og mindre art, som ennå ikke har fått et tradisjonelt navn.

DNA-studier viser at Omuras dvergbrydehval, dvergbrydehval og brydehval er individuelt nærmere beslektet med seihval enn de er med hverandre. Den samme analysen viser også at Balaenoptera omurai kanskje må klassifiseres som en egen art, i det denne hvalen skiller seg på vesentlige punkter fra de to andre brydene, blant annet gjennom distinkte forskjeller i både DNA-profilen og morfologi. Omuras dvergbrydehval viser blant annet forskjell i kraniets struktur og (kanskje spesielt) den har færre bardeplater.

Flere forskere har i senere tid advart sterkt mot å inndele dyr i flere arter enn strengt talt nødvendig, slik tendensen har vært de siste årene. Dette ar bakgrunn i at moderne teknologi i større grad finner forskjeller som gjør det mulig å dele dyr inn i flere arter enn tidligere, men det hersker stor uenighet omkring hvor grensene for artsdannelse skal trekkes.
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vågehval

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