List of Arctic cetaceans

This is a list of Arctic cetaceans.

Cetacea

Narwhals
Beluga whales
  • Balaenidae[1]
    • Bowhead whale (ᐊᕐᕕᖅ, arviq) Balaena mysticetus[2][3]
  • Balaenopteridae[1]
    • Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus[4]
    • Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis[5]
    • Blue whale (ᐊᕐᕕᖅ ᓂᐊᖁᕐᓗᖕᓂᖅᓴᖅ, ᐃᐸᒃ, arviq niaqurlungniqsaq, ipak) Balaenoptera musculus[3][6]
    • Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata[7]
    • Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae[8]
  • Delphinidae[1]
    • Killer whale (ᐋᕐᓗ, ᐊᕐᓗᒃ, ᐋᕐᓗᒃ, aarlu, arluk, aarluk) Orcinus orca[3][9]
    • Long-finned pilot whale[10]
    • Atlantic white-sided dolphin (aarluarsuk)[11]
    • White-beaked dolphin[12]
  • Monodontidae[1]
    • Narwhal (ᑑᒑᓕᒃ, tuugaalik, ᕿᓚᓗᒐᖅ ᑑᒑᓕᒃ, qilalugaq tuugaalik) Monodon monoceros[3][13]
    • Beluga whale (ᕿᓇᓗᒐᖅ, qilalugaq; Бөлүүгэ) Delphinapterus leucas[3][14]
  • Mysticeti
  • Phocoenidae[1]
  • Physeteridae[1]
  • Ziphiidae[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Canada's Marine Mammals". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
  2. ^ "Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "LivingDictionary.com - Online casino dictionary". www.livingdictionary.com.
  4. ^ "Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
  5. ^ "Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
  6. ^ "Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
  7. ^ "Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
  8. ^ "Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
  9. ^ "Killer Whale, Orcinus orca". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
  10. ^ "Marine Mammals - Long Finned Pilot Whale". www.polarlife.ca.
  11. ^ "Marine Mammals - Atlantic White-sided Dolphin". www.polarlife.ca.
  12. ^ "Marine Mammals - White-Beaked Dolphin". www.polarlife.ca.
  13. ^ "Narwhal, Monodon monoceros". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
  14. ^ "Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
  15. ^ COSEWIC (2004). COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Beluga Whale Delphinapterus leucas in Canada (PDF) (Report).
  16. ^ Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (2008). Information Relevant to the Identification of Critical Habitat for Cumberland Sound Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) (PDF) (Report).[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ "Canada's Polar Life - Mammals". www.polarlife.ca.
  18. ^ "Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
  19. ^ "Sperm Whale, Physeter catodon". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
  20. ^ "Northern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
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