Appendix

Scientific names of all North American cetaceans with common names most in use. Maximum size indicated.

Region: (A) Atlantic Ocean, (P) Pacific Ocean, (C) Circumpolar

Common Name Size-Region

Order Cetacea Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises

Suborder Odontoceti Toothed Whales

Family Ziphiidae Beaked Whales

Genus Berardius

Berardius bairdii Baird’s Beaked Whale 42 ft. (P)

Genus Mesoplodon

Mesoplodon bidens Sowerby’s Beaked Whale 16 ft. (A)

Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville’s Beaked Whale 15 ft. (A)

Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais’ Beaked Whale 16 ft. (A)

Mesoplodon mirus True’s Beaked Whale 17 ft. (A)

Mesoplodon stejnegeri Stejneger’s Beaked Whale 20 ft. (P)

Genus Ziphius

Ziphius Cavirostris Cuvier’s Beaked Whale 28 ft. (A-P)

Genus Hyperoodon

Hyperoodon ampullatus Flat-headed Bottlenosed Whale 30 ft. (A)

Family Physeteridae Sperm Whales

Genus Physeter

Physeter catodon Sperm Whale 60 ft. (A-P)

Family Kogiidae Pigmy Sperm Whales

Genus Kogia

Kogia breviceps Pigmy Sperm Whale 13 ft. (A-P)

Family Vonodontidae White Whale and Narwhal

Genus Delphinapterus

Delphinapterus leucas White Whale (Beluga) 18 ft. (C)

Genus Monodon

Monodon monoceros Narwhal 12 ft. (C)

Family Delphinidae Dolphins and Porpoises

Genus Stenella

Stenella attenuata Slender-beaked Porpoise 6 ft. (P)

Stenella frontalis Cuvier’s Porpoise 6 ft. (A)

Stenella graffmani Graffman’s Porpoise 8 ft. (P)

Stenella longirostris Long-beaked Porpoise 7 ft. (P)

Stenella microps Small-headed Porpoise 8 ft. (P)

Stenella plagiodon Spotted Porpoise 7 ft. (A)

Stenella styx Gray’s Porpoise 8 ft. (A-P)

Genus Steno

Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed Porpoise 8 ft. (A-P)

Genus Delphinus

Delphinus delphis Atlantic Dolphin 8 ft. (A)

Delphinus bairdii Pacific Dolphin 7 ft. (P)

Genus Tursiops

Tursiops truncatus Atlantic Bottle-nosed Dolphin 12 ft. (A)

Tursiops gillii Gill’s Bottle-nosed Dolphin 12 ft. (P)

Tursiops nuuanu Pacific Bottle-nosed Dolphin 7 ft. (P)

Genus Lissodelphis

Lissodelphis borealis Right-whale Dolphin 8 ft. (P)

Genus Lagenorhynchus

Lagenorhynchus albirostris White-Beaked Dolphin 10 ft. (A)

Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic White-sided Dolphin 9 ft. (A)

Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Pacific White-sided Dolphin 7 ft. (P)

Lagenorhynchus thicolea Gray’s White-sided Dolphin 9 ft. (P)

Genus Grampus

Grampus orca Atlantic Killer Whale 30 ft. (A)

Grampus rectipinna Pacific Killer Whale 30 ft. (P)

Genus Grampidelphis

Grampidelphis Griseus Grampus or Risso’s Dolphin 13 ft. (A-P)

Genus Pseudorca

Pseudorca crassidens False Killer Whale 18 ft. (A-P)

Genus Globicephala

Globicephala melaena Common Blackfish or (Pilot Whale) 28 ft. (A)

Globicephala macrorhyncha Short-finned Blackfish 20 ft. (A)

Globicephala scammonii Pacific Blackfish 16 ft. (P)

Genus Feresa

Feresa occulta Slender Blackfish 8 ft. (P)

Genus Phocoena

Phocoena phocoena Atlantic Harbor Porpoise 6 ft. (A)

Phocoena vomerina Pacific Harbor Porpoise 6 ft. (A)

Genus Phocoenoides

Phocoenoides dalli Dall’s Porpoise 7 ft. (P)

Suborder Mysticeti Baleen Whales

Family Eschrichtidae Gray Whale

Genus Eschrichtius

Eschrichtius glaucus California Gray Whale 50 ft. (P)

Family Balaenopteridae Fin-backed Whales

Genus Balaenoptera

Balaenoptera physalus Fin-backed Whale 81 ft. (A-P)

Balaenoptera borealis Rorqual (Sei Whale) 60 ft. (A-P)

Balaenoptera acutorostrata Little Piked Whale 33 ft. (A-P)

Genus Sibbaldus

Sibbaldus musculus Blue (Sulphur-bottom) Whale 100 ft. (A-P)

Genus Megaptera

Megaptera novaeangliae Hump-backed Whale 50 ft. (A-P)

Family Balaenidae Right and Bowhead Whales

Genus Eubalaena

Eubalaena glacialis Atlantic Right Whale 70 ft. (A)

Eubalaena sieboldii Pacific Right Whale 65 ft. (P)

Genus Balaena

Balaena mysticetus Bowhead Whale 65 ft. (C)