_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 15 ft. (A)
Whale
_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 30 ft. (A)
Whale
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 12 ft. (A)
Dolphin
_Tursiops gillii_ Gill's Bottle-nosed 12 ft. (P)
Dolphin
_Tursiops nuuanu_ Pacific Bottle-nosed 7 ft. (P)
Dolphin
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 9 ft. (A)
Dolphin
_Lagenorhynchus obliquidens_ Pacific White-sided 7 ft. (P)
Dolphin
_Lagenorhynchus thicolea_ Gray's White-sided 9 ft. (P)
Dolphin
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 13 ft. (A-P)
Dolphin
Genus Pseudorca
_Pseudorca crassidens_ False Killer Whale 18 ft. (A-P)
Genus Globicephala
_Globicephala melaena_ Common Blackfish or 28 ft. (A)
(Pilot Whale)
_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) 100 ft. (A-P)
Whale
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)