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Whales, dolphins and porpoises (Cetacea), also referred to as cetaceans, are a group of marine mammals that includes baleen whales (such as gray whales, right whales, fin whales, blue whales and minke whales) and toothed whales (such as river dolphins, Narwhals, porpoises and dolphins).

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