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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!

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