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"Dolphin" and "whale" are somewhat ambiguous terms in that different people have different definitions. By some definitions, the term "whale" means all cetaceans and therefore includes dolphins, though usually it's used to mean "all cetaceans except dolphins and porpoises". Similarly, the word "dolphin" may mean only ocean dolphins, it may include river dolphins as well, or it may mean any member of the suborder Odontoceti ("toothed whales").
However, both southern and northern rightwhale dolphins are members of the family Delphinidae (the ocean dolphins) and are therefore dolphins even by the strictest possible definition.
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What are the names of 5 different types of dolphin?
I'll give you the 32 types the Bottlenose dolphin, the Killer Whale, the Common dolphin, the False Killer Whale, the Hector's dolphin, the Short-Finned Pilot Whale, the Commerson's dolphin, the Long-Finned Pilot Whale, the Black dolphin, the Atlantic Humpbacked dolphin, the Haeviside's dolphin, the Indo-Pacific Humpbacked dolphin, the Southern Right Whale dolphin, the Tucuxi, the Northern Right dolphin, the Pygmy Killer Whale, the Spotted dolphin, the Melon-Headed Whale, the Atlantic Spotted dolphin, the Irrawaddy dolphin, the Striped dolphin, the Rough-Toothed dolphin, the Spinner dolphin, the Risso's dolphin, the Clymene dolphin, the Fraser's dolphin, the White-Beaked dolphin, the Peale's dolphin, the Atlantic White-Sided dolphin, the Hourglass dolphin, the Pacific White-Sided dolphin and the Dusky dolphin.
How many tipes of dolphins are there?
Atlantic Hump-Backed Dolphin Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Atlantic White Sided Dolphin Black Dolphin Bottlenose Dolphin Clymene Dolphin Commersome's Dolphin Dusky Dolphin False Killer Whale Frasier's Dolphin Heaviside's Dolphin Hector's Dolphin Hourglass Dolphin Indo-Pacific Hump-back Irrawaddy Dolphin Long-finned Pilot Whale Long-Beaked Common Dolphin Long-Snouted Spotted Dolphin Melon Headed Dolphin Northern Right-Whale Dolphin Orcas (Killer Whale) Pantropical Dolphin Pacific-White Sided Dolphin Peale's Dolphin Pygmy Killer Whale Risso's Dolphin Rough Toothed Dolphin Short Finned Pilot Whale Short Beaked Common Dolphin Southern Right Whale Dolphin Striped Dolphin White Beaked Dolphin
What are the 40 species of dolphin?
There are 33 different types (though the site only lists 32) of marine dolphins, 4 types of river dolphins and 6 types of porpoises. Some you would never think were part of the dolphin family like the "Killer Whale or Orca". Marine -- White Beaked Dolphin Short Finned Pilot Whale Risso's Dolphin Pantropical Dolphin Long-Finned Pilot Whale Orcas (Killer Whale) Hourglass Dolphin Heaviside's Dolphin False Killer Whale Commerson's Dolphin Bottlenose Dolphin Striped Dolphin Peale's Dolphin Pygmy Killer Whale Melon-Headed Dolphin Irrawaddy Dolphin Hector's Dolphin Frasier's Dolphin Dusky Dolphin Clymene Dolphin Black Dolphin Southern Right-Whale Dolphin Rough Toothed Dolphin Short Beaked Common Dolphin Pacific White-Sided Dolphin Northern Right-Whale Dolphin Long-Snouted Spinner Dolphin Long-Beaked Common Dolphin Indo-Pacific Hump-Back Atlantic White Sided Dolphin Atlantic Hump-Backed Dolphin Atlantic Spotted Dolphin River -- Baiji, or Yangtze river Dolphin Boto, or Amazon River Dolphin Franciscana or La plata Dolphin Indus & Ganges River Dolphin Porpoises -- Burmeister's Porpoise Dall's Porpoise Finless Porpoise Harbor Porpoise Spectacled Porpoise Vaquita Porpoise
What are all the breeds of whales you can get?
There are over 80 species of whales and dolphins divided into two subspecies (suborder); Odontocetes ( toothed whales) and Mysticetes (baleen whales). Whales and dolphins are both part of the cetaceans order but are part of 2 different families. Orcas are counted in the dolphin family because their teeth are cone shaped like a dolphins. porpoises are counted as dolphins also. All the ones i can think of are: Whales - Orca (killer whale, which is actually part of the dolphin family) Beluga Humpback Blue whale Finwhale Minke whale Sei whale Sperm whale Right whale Bowhead Grey whale Narwaal long-finned pilot whale short-finned pilot whale false killerwhale bryde's whale Dolphins and porpoises: Pacific white sided dolphin saddleback dolphin bottlenose dolphin spinner dolphin river dolphin atlantic spotted dolphin commerson's dolphin chilean dolphin heaviside's dolphin hector's dolphin rough-toothed dolphin indo-pacific bottlenosed dolphin atlantic humpback dolphin indian humpback dolphin pacific humpback dolphin tucuxi clymene dolphin pantropical spotted dolphin striped dolphin arabian common dolphin long beaked common dolphin fraser's dolphin atlantic white-sided dolphin dusky dolphin hourglass dolphin peale's dolphin white-beaked dolphin northern right whale dolphin southern right whale dolphin risso's dolphin melon headed whale pygmy killerwhale pygmy right whale pygmy sperm whale australian subfin dolphin irrawaddy dolphin Dals porpoise harbour porpoise there is a ridiculous amount of dolphins and porpoises and there are a lot more than i listed but theres just an idea of how many there really are!
Whale species in the arctic?
The bowhead whale is a whale of the arctic. The beluga is a dolphin of the arctic. The narwhal is a porpoise of the arctic.
What eats the southern right whale?
Full grown Southern Right Whale's only known predators are humans. Southern Right Whale calves are occasionally hunted by Orca Wales and large sharks.
What is the largest baleen whale?
the minke whale or the southern right but that's a right whale
How manydifferent types of dolphins are there?
There are slightly over 30 species of dolphins in the world. Including fresh water dolphins and salt water dolphins. Such as: Atlantic Hump-Backed Dolphin Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Atlantic White Sided Dolphin Black Dolphin Bottlenose Dolphin Clymene Dolphin Commersome's Dolphin Dusky Dolphin False Killer Whale Frasier's Dolphin Heaviside's Dolphin Hector's Dolphin Hourglass Dolphin Indo-Pacific Hump-back Irrawaddy Dolphin Long-finned Pilot Whale Long-Beaked Common Dolphin Long-Snouted Spotted Dolphin Melon Headed Dolphin Northern Right-Whale Dolphin Orcas (Killer Whale) Pantropical Dolphin Pacific-White Sided Dolphin Peale's Dolphin Pygmy Killer Whale Risso's Dolphin Rough Toothed Dolphin Short Finned Pilot Whale Short Beaked Common Dolphin Southern Right Whale Dolphin Striped Dolphin White Beaked Dolphin
What two fish are commonly caught by Europeans?
The Right Whale and the Dolphin.
What animals are in the marine gbr?
Mammal Species under NMFS Jurisdiction: Blue Whale, Bowhead Whale, Chinese River Dolphin, Fin Whale, Gray Whale, Gulf of CA harbor porpoise/vaquita, Humpback Whale, Indus River dolphin, Killer Whale, North Atlantic right Whale, North Pacific right Whale, Sei Whale, Southern right Whale, Sperm Whale, Caribbean fur Seal, Guadalupe Fur Seal, Hawaiian Monk Seal, Mediterranean Monk Seal, Saimaa Seal, Steller Sea Lion (Eastern and Western) This goes on to turtles, fish, and invertebrates, along with a list of candidates. If this is what you are asking about "gbr"?
What is the length of a right whale?
This depends on the subspecies of right whale. Southern right whale can measure to 59 feet. Northern right whale can measure to 60 feet.
What species of whale is the second largest?
i think its the southern right whale
