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- Dolphin (13554 bytes)
13: ...ated to [[whale]]s and [[porpoise]]s. The name is from [[Ancient Greek]] δελφ̥...
19: #any member of the suborder [[Odontoceti]] (toothed whales; these include the above famili...
24: [[Porpoise]]s (suborder [[Odontoceti]], family [[Phocoenidae]]) are thus not dolphins ...
26: ...pecies of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from 4 ft (1.2 m) and 88 lb (40 kg) ([[Maui's Dolphi...
32: * [[Suborder]] [[Odontoceti]], toothed whales - Boto (5572 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
12: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''I. geoffrensis'''''}}
14: ..._simple | color = pink | binomial_name = Inia geoffrensis}}
17: ...azon River Dolphin''' (''Inia geoffrensis'') is a freshwater or [[river dolphin]]. It is endemic to th...
20: ...azone''', '''Inia''', '''Pink Dolphin''', '''Pink Freshwater Dolphin''', '''Pink Porpoise''', and '''T... - Porpoise (4431 bytes)
15: ...le]]s and [[dolphin]]s. They are however distinct from dolphins, although the word "porpoise" is often...
35: ** '''Suborder [[Odontoceti]]''' - Chinese River Dolphin (4152 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
17: ... River Dolphin''' (''Lipotes vexillifer'') is a [[freshwater dolphin]] found only in the [[Yangtze Riv...
21: ...e [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]] established the Freshwater Dolphin Research Centre as a branch of th...
31: ...as located at the Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology from [[1980]] to [[July 14]], [[2002]]. Qiqi was dis... - Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins (4439 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
19: ... Gray in 1828. The specific name ''acutus'' comes from the [[Latin]] for pointed and refers to the [[d...
24: ...al fin, lying above a light grey stripe that runs from the beak, above the eye and down to the tail st...
28: From the analysis of the stomach contents of strande...
35: ...ars, although they still occur to a lesser extent from the [[Faroe Islands]], killing around 1000 anim... - Bottlenose Whales (4246 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''H. planifrons'''''<br>'''''H. ampullatus'''''}}
14: ... | color = pink | binomial_name = Hyperoodon planifrons | author = [[William Henry Flower|Flower]] | d...
17: ...'''Southern Bottlenose Whale''' ''Hyperoodon planifrons'' are the sole members of the '''''Hyperoodon'...
25: ...tarctic coast and as north as the tip of [[South Africa]], [[New Zealand]]'s North Island and the sout... - Dusky Dolphins (3923 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
20: ...o blazes of white colour running back on the body from the dorsal fin to the tail. Dusky Dolphins may ...
23: ...lands, [[Namibia]] and the west coast of [[South Africa]] and the east coast of [[New Zealand]]. There...
26: ...coastal waters, the main danger to Dusky Dolphins from humans is the accidental catching of inidividua...
28: ...in-watching]] enthusiasts. Several boat operators from [[Kaikoura]], on [[New Zealand]] South Island a... - Marine Life (10377 bytes)
4: Marine biology covers a great deal, from the microscopic [[plankton]], including femtopl...
6: ...nvestigation in marine biology include everything from the tiny layers of surface water in which organ...
36: Fish breathe under water by extracting [[oxygen]] from sea water through their gills.
46: ...etacea]]ns include [[toothed whale]]s (Suborder [[Odontoceti]]), such as the [[Sperm Whale]], [[dolphin]]s, an...
59: ... at these depths is extreme and there is no light from above, but some life still exists here. Small f... - Right Whales (11436 bytes)
2: ... caption = Southern Right Whale, Hermanus, South Africa}}
39: ** Suborder Odontoceti: 9 families
42: ...ight Whale." In Portuguese, it is called " Baleia Franca ".
45: ...whales are slow swimmers but highly acrobatic and frequently breach (jump clear of the sea surface), t...
48: ...em easy to catch, even for men equipped only with frail wooden boats and hand-held harpoons. Hunting o... - Risso's Dolphins (4213 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
20: ...[[Latin]] ''grandis piscis'' or [[French language|French]] ''grand poisson'' both meaning big fish. Th...
24: ...Older animals are usually heavily scarred from confrontations with other Risso's or with [[squid]].
34: ...shelf]] on steep banks (with water depths varying from 400-1000m) with water temperature at least 10&d... - River Dolphins (2891 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
13: ...rfamily of [[cetacea]]ns. Three species live in [[fresh water]] rivers. The fourth species, the [[La P...
28: ...[[Amazon River Dolphin]] (or [[Boto]]) ''Inia geoffrensis''
32: ***[[La Plata Dolphin]] (or Franciscana) ''Pontoporia blainvillei''
40: ***Amazon River Dolphin (or Boto) ''Inia geoffrensis'' - Striped Dolphins (5037 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
23: ... size. There are two further blue stripes running from behind the ear - one is short and ends just abo...
25: ...capable as any dolphin at performing acrobatics - frequently breaching and jumping far above the surfa...
30: .... It has been found in water temperatures ranging from 10 to 26 degrees celsius, though the standard r... - Spotted Dolphins (5640 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
17: ...urse seine]]s. The 1980s saw the rise of "dolphin-friendly tuna [capturing methods]" in order to save ...
20: ... separate. Both the genus and specific names come from [[Latin]] words meaning thin or thinning.
25: :''S. a. graffmani'', coastal form found from Mexico to Peru
31: ...und the [[Gulf of Mexico]] may be relatively spot-free even in adulthood. In the Atlantic, confusion i... - Spinner Dolphins (5175 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
19: ...', particularly in older texts, to distinguish it from the similar [[Clymene Dolphin]] which is often ...
28: The specific name comes from the [[Latin]] for long-beaked.
33: ...ave varied in size from 129cm to 235cm and weight from 23kg-78kg. The gestation period is 10 months. I...
35: Spinners congregate in groups that vary from just a few dolpins to great schools numbering i... - Toothed Whales (2954 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = '''Odontoceti'''}}
12: The '''toothed whales''' ([[systematic name]] '''Odontoceti''') form a [[suborder]] of the [[cetacean]]s. As ...
26: ...hey are also famous for their acrobatic breaching from the water, e.g. the [[Spinner Dolphin]]. - White-Beaked Dolphins (2967 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
18: ...the centre and across in the west from northern [[France]] to [[Svalbard]]. The White-beaked Dolphin i...
20: ...e White-beaked Dolphin is a social feeder and has frequently been observed feeding with [[Orca]] and [... - Mammal classification (78467 bytes)
9: ...sh among the orders within these subclasses and infraclasses. This system also makes no note of the p...
19: *Infraclass [[Metatheria]]
46: *Infraclass [[Eutheria]]
185: ...istory]], New York. McKenna inherited the project from Simpson and, with Bell, constructed a completel...
203: *Infraclass †[[Allotheria]]
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