The Zoochat Photographic Guide To Cetaceans

Choose the one that you prefair. I've selected one just because you asked me to do that, but if you like more the other go for it.
 
Kakapo said:
Choose the one that you prefair. I've selected one just because you asked me to do that, but if you like more the other go for it.
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No my mistake, I wanted your opinion as well since I have too much trouble deciding!
 
Kakapo said:
Feresa
Pygmy killer whales
One species recognized.

Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata
Monotypic.
No photos of this species have been uploaded to the Gallery yet. (If my dream comes true, I will be able to photograph it at Okinawa aquarium... but it's still unrealistic)
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Just got back from Mississippi and this won't be true for long...

Endless thanks to @devilfish for showing me this article:
Rescued Beach Whale Identified as a Pygmy Killer Whale - WXXV 25
Really appreciate it! New Cetaceans are my favorite species to add!

@Kakapo Not sure if Mississippi is more feasible than Okinawa for you ??
 
Giant Eland said:
Just got back from Mississippi and this won't be true for long...

Endless thanks to @devilfish for showing me this article:
Rescued Beach Whale Identified as a Pygmy Killer Whale - WXXV 25
Really appreciate it! New Cetaceans are my favorite species to add!

@Kakapo Not sure if Mississippi is more feasible than Okinawa for you ??
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Photos now up in the "USA Other" gallery!! (Also could a Moderator move these photos to the proper gallery after it is created)

@Kakapo would you like to select a photo for this thread?
 
Thanks, Giant Eland. (I die of envy!)
I like this photo the most:

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https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/pygmy-killer-whale-feresa-attenuata.466461/full?d=1572467310

I wonder what are these strange markings on the skin. Failed shark bites?
 
@Kakapo I've uploaded photos of Heaviside's Dolphins, Brydes Whale, Long-beaked Common Dolphin, Dusky Dolphin and Southern Right Whale to South African Wildlife. The first two are not yet represented in the gallery. Choose any photos you like for a Moderator to add into the guide.

Additionally would it be possible for a Moderator to add a Pygmy Killer Whale photo into the guide- @Kakapo you now have two choices as @RatioTile has also added photos which are quite nice!
Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata) - ZooChat
 
Giant Eland, I leave you the decision of choose the one you like more :) and for the pygmy killer whale, moderators can choose whatever :)
 
 
Giant Eland said:
Ok. Maybe with @Chlidonias 's help we can add new photos for:

1. African Dusky Dolphin: dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) - ZooChat
2. Heaviside Dolphin: Heaviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) - ZooChat
3. Bryde's Whale: Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) - ZooChat
4. Pygmy Killer Whale: pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) - ZooChat
or https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/pygmy-killer-whale-feresa-attenuata.466461/full?d=1572467310
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I have added all these into the thread.


Giant Eland said:
With a possible option to update photos for
1. Southern Right Whale: southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) (taken from drone footage from our whale watch) - ZooChat
2. Long-beaked common dolphin: long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis) - ZooChat
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I won't change these unless @Kakapo wants them changed.

Note I posted a link to a paper a page or two back about how Long-beaked and Short-beaked Common Dolphins are genetically identical.
 
Kakapo said:
Orcinus
Killer whale
One species recognized.

Killer whale Orcinus orca
Taxonomic note: Three to five types of orcas exist, that are consideres as races, varieties, subspecies or even species, but they're not recognized as named taxa yet.
Monotypic.
Photo by @geomorph at Shamu Stadium, SeaWorld San Diego, California, USA during performance of "One Ocean Show"
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If you wanted to showcase the different types just in case, there should be a few represented on the forum.

For example, I have photographs uploaded of an individual from the Icelandic population, and of an individual from the Northern Pacific Resident population.

Cetacean database website (and even cetacean focused zoo anti websites...) can be used to identify the origins of most, if not all captive orca. Due to captive breeding, a lot of these animals are hybrids between populations now; there's quite a few partially descended from the near-extinct Southern Pacific Resident population.

~Thylo
 
Kakapo said:
Pontoporia
La Plata dolphins
One species

La Plata dolphin Pontoporia blainvillei
Taxonomic note: When I first met this species it was called Stenodelphis blainvillei. Looks like that Pontoporia (1846) was published a year before Stenodelphis (1847) and hence have priority.
Monotypic.
No photos of this species have been uploaded to the Gallery yet.
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Key word….”yet”
 
Giant Eland said:
@Chlidonias, I believe you've updated this guide in the past and @Kakapo isn't active anymore. I've since added photos for:
Bermiester's Porpoise Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) - ZooChat
Bolivian River Dolphin Bolivian river dolphin (Inia boliviensis) - ZooChat
La Plata Dolphin La Plata dolphin or franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) - ZooChat
Dwarf Sperm Whale Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia sima) - ZooChat
(2 new families!)

Let me know if you can add these :)
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I have gone through the whole thread and spruced it up a bit so it's more in line with the other Photographic Guides which will make it easier to keep it updated. Lots more photos have been added and others replaced, some taxonomy modified or annotated, and the new species have been added in.

There are now 59 species of cetaceans pictured out of the 97 species in the thread, which is over two-thirds of them (albeit three are only shown by taxidermy or preserved specimens), and the only family not represented is Cetotheriidae (the Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata). The main stumbling block for better representation are the beaked whales.
 
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The total list of species as they are presented in the thread. The ones with asterisks in front of the name are those which are depicted by photos.


There are 63 out of 97 species currently pictured in the thread (albeit three only by taxidermy or preserved specimens), and the only family not represented is Cetotheriidae (the Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata).


There are only seven genera not represented (out of 42), most of which are monotypic:

Balaena (Bowhead Whale)
Caperea (Pygmy Right Whale)
Berardius (Beaked Whales, 3 spp)
Tasmacetus (Shepherd's Beaked Whale)
Indopacetus (Longman's Beaked Whale)
Lagenodelphis (Sarawak Dolphin)
Monodon (Narwhal)




CETACEA

Ninety-seven species in fourteen families.


MYSTICETI

BALEEN WHALES

Sixteen species in four families:



Balaenidae

Bowhead Whale Balaena mysticetus

*Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis
*North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis
North Pacific Right Whale Eubalaena japonica


Cetotheriidae
Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata


Eschrichtiidae

*Gray Whale Eschrichtius robustus


Balaenopteridae

*Common Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis
*Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis
*Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera brydei
*Eden's Whale Balaenoptera edeni
*Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
*Omura's Whale Balaenoptera omurai
*Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
Rice's Whale Balaenoptera ricei

*Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae



ODONTOCETI

TOOTHED WHALES

Eighty-one species in ten families:



Physeteridae

*Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus


Kogiidae

*Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps
*Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima


Platanistiidae

*Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica
Indus River Dolphin Platanista minor


Ziphiidae

Arnoux's Beaked Whale Berardius arnuxii
Baird's Beaked Whale Berardius bairdii
Sato's Beaked Whale Berardius minimus

Shepherd's Beaked Whale Tasmacetus shepherdi

*Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris

*Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus
Southern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon planifrons

Tropical Bottlenose Whale (Longman's Beaked Whale) Indopacetus pacificus

*Sowerby's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bidens
Andrews' Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bowdoini
Hubbs' Beaked Whale Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
*Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris (taxidermy specimen only)
Ramari's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon eueu
Gervais's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon europaeus
Ginkgo-toothed Whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Gray's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon grayi
Hector's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon hectori
Deraniyagala's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon hotaula
Strap-toothed Whale Mesoplodon layardii
True's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon mirus
Perrin's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon perrini
Pygmy Beaked Whale Mesoplodon peruvianus
Stejneger's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon stejnegeri
Spade-toothed Whale Mesoplodon traversii


Pontoporiidae

*La Plata Dolphin or Franciscana Pontoporia blainvillei


Iniidae

*Amazon River Dolphin Inia geoffrensis
[araguaiaensis, boliviensis and humboldtiana treated as subspecies]


Lipotidae

*Yangtze River Dolphin Lipotes vexillifer (taxidermy specimens only)


Delphinidae

*Rough-toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis

*Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin Sousa chinensis
*Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin Sousa plumbea
*Australian Humpback Dolphin Sousa sahulensis
Atlantic Humpback Dolphin Sousa teuszii

Tucuxi Sotalia fluviatilis
*Costero or Guiana Dolphin Sotalia guianensis

*White-beaked Dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris

*Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Leucopleurus acutus (split from Lagenorhynchus)

*Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus

*Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus
*Burrunan Dolphin Tursiops australis
*Tamanend's Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops erebennus
*Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus

*Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata
Clymene Dolphin Stenella clymene
*Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
*Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis
*Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris

*Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
*Eastern North Pacific Common Dolphin Delphinus bairdii

Fraser's or Sarawak Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei

*Northern Right Whale Dolphin Lissodelphis borealis
Southern Right Whale Dolphin Lissodelphis peronii

*Peale's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus australis (split from Lagenorhynchus)
*Commerson's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii
Hourglass Dolphin Cephalorhynchus cruciger (split from Lagenorhynchus)
*Chilean Dolphin Cephalorhynchus eutropia
*Heaviside's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
*Hector's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori

*Pacific White-sided Dolphin Aethalodelphis obliquidens (split from Lagenorhynchus)
*Dusky Dolphin Aethalodelphis obscurus (split from Lagenorhynchus)

*Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra

*Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata

*False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens

*Killer Whale or Orca Orcinus orca

*Short-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
*Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas

*Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
*Australian Snubfin Dolphin Orcaella heinsohni


Phocoenidae

Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaeniodes
*East Asian Finless Porpoise Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
[sunameri treated as a subspecies]

Spectacled Porpoise Phocoena dioptrica
*Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena
*Vaquita Phocoena sinus (preserved specimen only)
*Burmeister's Porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis

*Dall's Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli


Monodontidae

*Beluga Delphinapterus leucas

Narwhal Monodon monoceros
 
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