Bryde’s whale
(Balaenoptera edeni)
Cetaceans are divided into 3 suborders
![whiet_TOOTHED WHALES (ODONTOCETI) with 5 FAMILIES a close up of a light](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/10/whiet_TOOTHED-WHALES-ODONTOCETI-with-5-FAMILIES.png?w=400)
TOOTHED WHALES (ODONTOCETI)
WITH 5 FAMILIES
Dolphins (Delphinidae)
Beaked whales (Ziphidiae)
Sperm whales (Physeteridae)
Narwhal & Beluga (Monodontidae)
Porpoises (Phocoenidae)
![white_BALEEN WHALES (MYSTICETA) WITH 4 FAMILIES a drawing of a face](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/10/white_BALEEN-WHALES-MYSTICETA-WITH-4-FAMILIES.png?w=400)
BALEEN WHALES (MYSTICETI)
WITH 4 FAMILIES
Right whales (Balaenidae)
Pygmy Right whales (Neobalaenidae)
Grey whales (Eschrichtiidae)
Rorquals (Balaenopteridae)
![white_EXTINCT ANCIENT WHALES (ARCHAEOCETI) a drawing of a person](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/10/white_EXTINCT-ANCIENT-WHALES-ARCHAEOCETI.png?w=400)
EXTINCT ANCIENT WHALES (ARCHAEOCETI)
The ancient whales were primitive cetaceans that lived on earth around 50-20 Million years ago.They lived amphibiously in shallow coastal waters.
Whales & dolphins around Madeira (island)
Dolphins
![Bottlenose dolphin a blurry image of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Bottlenose-dolphin.png?w=400)
Bottlenose dolphin
(Tursiops truncatus)
![Striped dolphin a blurry image of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Striped-dolphin.png?w=400)
Striped dolphin
(Stenella coeruleoalba)
![Rough-toothed dolphin a blurry image of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Rough-toothed-dolphin.png?w=400)
Rough-toothed dolphin
(Steno bredanensis)
![Atlantic spotted dolphin Atlantic spotted dolphin](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Atlantic-spotted-dolphin.png?w=400)
Atlantic spotted dolphin
(Stenella frontalis)
![Short-finned pilot whale a blurry image of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Short-finned-pilot-whale.png?w=400)
Short-finned pilot whale
(Globicephala macrorhynchus)
![False killer whale a close up of an animal](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/False-killer-whale.png?w=400)
False killer whale
(Pseudorca crassidens)
![Short-beaked common dolphin a blurry image of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Short-beaked-common-dolphin.png?w=400)
Short-beaked common dolphin
(Delphinus delphis)
![Risso’s dolphin Risso’s dolphin](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/RissoE28099s-dolphin.png?w=400)
Risso’s dolphin
(Grampus griseus)
![Orca a blurry image of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Orca.png?w=400)
Orca
(Orcinus orca)
![Pygmy Killer Whale a close up of a dolphin in the dark](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Pygmy-Killer-Whale.png?w=400)
Pygmy Killer Whale
(Feresa attenuata)
Rorquals
![Bryde’s whale a close up of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/BrydeE28099s-whale.png?w=400)
![Blue whale a blurry image of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Blue-whale.png?w=400)
Blue whale
(Balaenoptera musculus)
![Sei whale a close up of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Sei-whale.png?w=400)
Sei whale
(Balaenoptera borealis)
![Humpback whale a close up of an animal](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Humpback-whale.png?w=400)
Humpback whale
(Megaptera novaeangliae)
![Fin whale a blurry image of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Fin-whale.png?w=400)
Fin whale
(Balaenoptera physalus)
![Common minke whale a close up of an animal](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Common-minke-whale.png?w=400)
Common minke whale
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
Sperm Whales
![Sperm whale a close up of an animal](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Sperm-whale.png?w=400)
Sperm whale
(Physeter macrocephalus)
![Dwarf sperm whale a close up of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Dwarf-sperm-whale.png?w=400)
Dwarf sperm whale
(Kogia simus)
![Pygmy sperm whale a blurry image of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Pygmy-sperm-whale.png?w=400)
Pygmy sperm whale
(Kogia breviceps)
Beaked Whales
![Blainville’s beaked whale a close up of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/BlainvilleE28099s-beaked-whale.png?w=400)
Blainville’s beaked whale
(Mesoplodon densirostris)
![Cuvier’s beaked whale a close up of an animal](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/CuvierE28099s-beaked-whale.png?w=400)
Cuvier’s beaked whale
(Ziphius cavirostris)
![Sowerby’s beaked whale a close up of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/SowerbyE28099s-beaked-whale.png?w=400)
Sowerby’s beaked whale
(Mesoplodon bidens)
Right Whales
North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
![Right Whales a close up of an animal](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Right-Whales.png?w=1200)
. . . & more
![Black scabbardfish a close up of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Black-scabbardfish.png?w=400)
Black scabbardfish
(Aphanopus carbo)
![Atlantic Flying Fish a close up of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Atlantic-Flying-Fish.png?w=320)
Atlantic Flying Fish
(Cheilopogon melanurus)
![Loggerhead sea turtle a close up of a turtle](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Loggerhead-sea-turtle.png?w=280)
Loggerhead sea turtle
(Caretta caretta)
![Manta ray Manta ray](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Manta-ray.png?w=400)
Manta ray
(Manta birostris)
![Giant Devil Ray Giant Devil Ray](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Giant-Devil-Ray.png?w=400)
Giant Devil ray
(Mobula mobula)
![Hammerhead shark a close up of a fish](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Hammerhead-shark.png?w=400)
Hammerhead shark
(Sphyrna zygaena)
![Goose barnacles Goose barnacles](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Goose-barnacles.png?w=360)
Goose barnacles
(Lepas anatifera)
![Portuguese man o’ war a close up of an animal](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Portuguese-man-oE28099-war.png?w=400)
Portuguese man o’ war
(Physalia physalis)
![Mediterranean Monk Seal a cat that is lying down in the dark](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Mediterranean-Monk-Seal.png?w=400)
Mediterranean Monk Seal
(Monachus monachus)
![Bulwer’s petrel a bird that is standing in the dark](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/BulwerE28099s-petrel.png?w=400)
Bulwer’s petrel
(Bulweria bulwerii)
![Manx shearwater a bird that is standing in the dark](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/Manx-shearwater.png?w=400)
Manx shearwater
(Puffinus puffinus)
![Cory’s shearwater a bird flying in the sky](https://www.lobosonda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4450/2020/08/CoryE28099s-shearwater.png?w=400)
Cory’s shearwater
(Calonectris diomedia borealis)
Ilustrations by Katrin Waehner.