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What 2 families are dolphins divided into?

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There are 33 species of marine dolphins, 4 species of river dolphins and 6 species of porpoises.

Dolphins:

  • Atlantic White Sided Dolphin
  • Atlantic Hump-Backed Dolphin
  • Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
  • Black Dolphin
  • Bottlenose Dolphin
  • Clymene Dolphin
  • Commerson's Dolphin
  • Dusky Dolphin
  • False Killer Whale
  • Frasier's Dolphin
  • Hector's Dolphin
  • Heaviside's Dolphin
  • Hourglass Dolphin
  • Indo-Pacific Hump-Back
  • Irrawaddy Dolphin
  • Long-Beaked Common Dolphin
  • Long-Finned Pilot Whale
  • Long-Snouted Spinner Dolphin
  • Melon-Headed Dolphin
  • Northern Right-Whale Dolphin
  • Orcas (Killer Whale)
  • Pacific White-Sided Dolphin
  • Pantropical Dolphin
  • Peale's Dolphin
  • Pygmy Killer Whale
  • Risso's Dolphin
  • Rough Toothed Dolphin
  • Southern Right-Whale Dolphin
  • Short Beaked Common Dolphin
  • Short Finned Pilot Whale
  • Striped Dolphin
  • White Beaked Dolphin

River Dolphins:

  • 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
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