Cetaceans are divided into
3 suborders:
TOOTHED WHALES (ODONTOCETI) with 5 FAMILIES
Dolphins (Delphinidae),
Beaked whales (Ziphidiae),
Sperm whales (Physeteridae),
Narwhal & Beluga (Monodontidae)
Porpoises (Phocoenidae)
BALEEN WHALES (MYSTICETA)
WITH 4 FAMILIES
Right whales (Balaenidae)
Pygmy Right whales (Neobalaenidae)
Grey whales (Eschrichtiidae)
Rorquals (Balaenopteridae)
EXTINCT ANCIENT WHALES (ARCHAEOCETI)
The ancient whales were
primitive cetaceans that lived on earth
from 50-20 Million years ago.
They lived amphibious in shallow coastal waters.
Whales & dolphins
around Madeira (island)
Dolphins
Bottlenose dolphin
(Tursiops truncatus)
Atlantic spotted dolphin
(Stenella frontalis)
Short-beaked common dolphin
(Delphinus delphis)
Striped dolphin
(Stenella coeruleoalba)
Short-finned pilot whale
(Globicephala macrorhynchus)
Risso’s dolphin
(Grampus griseus)
Rough-toothed dolphin
(Steno bredanensis)
False killer whale
(Pseudorca crassidens)
Orca
(Orcinus orca)
Pygmy Killer Whale
(Feresa attenuata)
Rorquals
Bryde’s whale
(Balaenoptera edeni)
Sei whale
(Balaenoptera borealis)
Fin whale
(Balaenoptera physalus)
Blue whale
(Balaenoptera musculus)
Humpback whale
(Megaptera novaeangliae)
Common minke whale
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
Sperm Whales
Sperm whale
(Physeter macrocephalus)
Dwarf sperm whale
(Kogia simus)
Pygmy sperm whale
(Kogia breviceps)
Beaked Whales
Blainville’s beaked whale
(Mesoplodon densirostris)
Cuvier’s beaked whale
(Ziphius cavirostris)
Sowerby’s beaked whale
(Mesoplodon bidens)
Right Whales
The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
was registered only once in the year of 1964
. . . & more
Black scabbardfish
(Aphanopus carbo)
Atlantic Flying Fish
(Cheilopogon melanurus)
Loggerhead sea turtle
(Caretta caretta)
Manta ray
(Manta birostris)
Giant Devil Ray
(Mobula mobula)
Hammerhead shark
(Sphyrna zygaena)
Goose barnacles
(Pollicipes pollicipes)
Portuguese man o’ war
(Physalia physalis)
Mediterranean Monk Seal
(Monachus monachus)
Bulwer’s petrel
(Bulweria bulwerii)
Manx shearwater
(Puffinus puffinus)
Cory’s shearwater
(Calonectris diomedia borealis)
Ilustrations by Katrin Wahner
