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The following is a list of currently existing (or, in the jargon of taxonomy) 'extant' species of the infraorder cetacea (for extinct cetacean species, see the list of extinct cetaceans). The list is organized taxonomically into parvorders , superfamilies when applicable, families , subfamilies when applicable, genus , and then species.
Prehistoric cetacean genera (1 C, 73 P) N. Neogene cetaceans ... The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Macroraptorial sperm whale; S ...
This list currently includes only fossil genera and species. However, the Atlantic population of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) became extinct in the 18th century, and the baiji (or Chinese river dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer) was declared "functionally extinct" after an expedition in late 2006 failed to find any in the Yangtze River.
This category contains articles about Cetacea, including whales, dolphins and porpoises. Subcategories This category has the following 21 subcategories, out of 21 total.
Archaeoceti ("ancient whales"), or Zeuglodontes in older literature, is a paraphyletic group of primitive cetaceans that lived from the Early Eocene to the late Oligocene 1] Representing the earliest cetacean radiation, they include the initial amphibious stages in cetacean evolution, thus are the ancestors of both modern cetacean suborders ...
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Basilosauridae is a family of extinct cetaceans.They lived during the middle to the early late Eocene and are known from all continents, including Antarctica. [1] [2] They were probably the first fully aquatic cetaceans.
Pictures released by a conservation group show a young humpback whale breaching in front of the Space Needle as it visited the waters off Seattle last week, capturing a rare display of wildlife ...