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Oceanic Dolphins and Porpoises
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Oceanic Dolphins and Porpoises

Delphinoidea

Delphinoidea is the largest group of toothed whales, including 66 genera in 6 families. The largest living member of the superfamily is the killer whale, which can reach 6 tons, while the smallest is the vaquita.

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3 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first · about 48 known species

Oceanic Dolphins

familyDelphinidae

Porpoises

familyPhocoenidae

Narwhals and Belugas

familyMonodontidae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1317261.