Cetecians
• Seal – Cetacean/Cetaceous
• Harbor (common) seal – Phoca vitulina
Seals are part of a larger group called pinnipeds, which means “fin-footed”.
Pinnipeds also include sea lions and walruses.
Whale suborders: Mysticeti (baleen whales) and Odontoceti (toothed whales).
Whales – Balaenae
Monodontidae is a family of toothed whales that includes two living species: the narwhal and the beluga whale
Beluga whale – > White whale
Delphinidae
• Amazon river dolphin – Boto
• Bottle-nosed dolphin – Tursiops truncatu -> Tursiops is a genus of dolphins, and its name is a combination of the Latin word Tursio (dolphin) and the Greek suffix –ops (appearance), meaning “dolphin-like” -> The specific epithet, truncatus, is Latin for “truncated,” referring to the wear on the teeth of the original specimen that was described)
• Short-beaked common dolphin – Delphinus delphis
• Killer whale – Orcinus orca ((they are technically the largest oceanic dolphin.)
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