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Cetacean ID Quiz

Reese Dame Biology English 32 cards

Cetacean ID Quiz

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  1. 1BowheadSuborder: Mysticeti
    Family: Balaenidae
    Balaena mysticetus
    Dist: Circumpolar Northern Hemisphere
    Special feat: White chin*    Bowhead
  2. 2Southern Right WhaleSuborder: Mysticeti
    Family: Balaenidae
    Eubalaena australis
    Dist: Circumpolar Southern Hemisphere
    Special feat: Lrg callosities*    Southern Right Whale
  3. 3Minke WhaleSuborder: Mysticeti
    Family: Balaenopteridae
    Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    Dist: North Atlantic & Pacific arctic to tropic
    Special feat: Flat head & white band on flippers*    Minke Whale
  4. 4Blue WhaleSuborder: Mysticeti
    Family: Balaenopteridae
    Balaenoptera musculus
    Dist: Worldwide
    Special feat: Huge w/long fins    Blue Whale
  5. 5Fin WhaleSuborder: Mysticeti
    Family: Balaenopteridae
    Balaenoptera physalus
    Dist: Worldwide
    Special feat: R lower lip white*    Fin Whale
  6. 6Humpback WhaleSuborder: Mysticeti
    Family: Balaenopteridae
    Megaptera novaeangliae
    Dist: Worldwide
    Special feat: Long bumpy fins    Humpback Whale
  7. 7Gray WhaleSuborder: Mysticeti
    Family: Eschrichtiidae
    Eschrichtius robustus
    Dist: eastern & western North Pacific
    Special feat: Covered in barnacles & whale lice    Gray Whale
  8. 8Commerson's DolphinSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Delphinidae
    Cephalorhynchus commersonii
    Dist: Around southern S. America    Commerson's Dolphin
  9. 9Common DolphinSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Delphinidae
    Delphinus delphis
    Dist: Tropical & temperate Atlantic & Pacific
    Special feat: Tricolored*    Common Dolphin
  10. 10Short-finned Pilot WhaleSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Delphinidae
    Globicephala macrorhynchus
    Dist: Tropical & temperate
    Special feat: Black beluga & broad keel    Short-finned Pilot Whale
  11. 11Risso's DolphinSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Delphinidae
    Grampus griseus
    Dist: Tropical & temperate
    Special feat: Scars    Risso's Dolphin
  12. 12Pacific White-sided DolphinSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Delphinidae
    Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
    Dist: Medium latitudes of North Pacific
    Special feat: Bicolored dorsal fin*    Pacific White-sided Dolphin
  13. 13Dusky DolphinSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Delphinidae
    Lagenorhynchus obscurus
    Dist: Temperate Southern Hemisphere
    Special feat: Acrobatic*    Dusky Dolphin
  14. 14Northern Right Whale DolphinSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Delphinidae
    Lissodelphis borealis
    Dist: Temperate North Pacific
    Special feat: No dorsal fin*    Northern Right Whale Dolphin
  15. 15Killer WhaleSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Delphinidae
    Orcinus orca
    Dist: Worldwide    Killer Whale
  16. 16False Killer WhaleSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Delphinidae
    Pseudorca crassidens
    Dist: Tropical & temperate
    Special feat: Big teeth    False Killer Whale
  17. 17Striped DolphinSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Delphinidae
    Stenella coeruleoalba
    Dist: Tropical & temperate
    Special feat: Delicate black stripe from eye to anus*    Striped Dolphin
  18. 18Atlantic Spotted DolphinSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Delphinidae
    Stenella frontalis
    Dist: Tropical & temperate Atlantic    Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
  19. 19Spinner DolphinSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Delphinidae
    Stenella longirostris
    Dist: Tropical
    Special feat: Spins when jumping    Spinner Dolphin
  20. 20Bottlenose DolphinSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Delphinidae
    Tursiops truncatus
    Dist: Tropical & temperate
    Special feat: Eating fish on mud*    Bottlenose Dolphin
  21. 21BelugaSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Monodontidae
    Delphinapterus leucas
    Dist: Arctic Northern Hemisphere    Beluga
  22. 22NarwhalSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Monodontidae
    Monodon monoceros
    Dist: Discontinuous Arctic    Narwhal
  23. 23Harbor PorpoiseSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Phocoenidae
    Phocoena phocoena
    Dist: Temperate & subarctic North Pacific & Atlantic
    Special feat: Mom leaves calf in bay*    Harbor Porpoise
  24. 24Dall's PorpoiseSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Phocoenidae
    Phocoenoides dalli
    Dist: Temperate North Pacific
    Special feat: Tiny head w/big body    Dall's Porpoise
  25. 25Pygmy Sperm WhaleSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Physeteridae
    Kogia breviceps
    Dist: Tropical & temperate
    Special feat: Tiny mouth    Pygmy Sperm Whale
  26. 26Sperm WhaleSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Physeteridae
    Physeter catodon
    Dist: Worldwide    Sperm Whale
  27. 27Pink River DolphinSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Platanistidae
    Inia geoffrensis
    Dist: Amazon river basins    Pink River Dolphin
  28. 28Baird's Beaked WhaleSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Ziphiidae
    Berardius bairdii
    Dist: Cool North Pacific
    Special feat: Short beak*    Baird's Beaked Whale
  29. 29Stejneger's Beaked WhaleSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Ziphiidae
    Mesoplodon stejnegeri
    Dist: Cool North Pacific
    Special feat: Dead on beach :( *    Stejneger's Beaked Whale
  30. 30Cuvier's Beaked WhaleSuborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Ziphiidae
    Ziphius cavirostris
    Dist: Worldwide
    Special feat: Looks like it's grinning*    Cuvier's Beaked Whale
  31. 31DugongOrder: Sirenia
    Family: Dugongidae
    Dugong dugon
    Dist: Indo-Pacific
    Special feat: Tail flukes*    Dugong
  32. 32ManateeOrder: Sirenia
    Family: Trichechidae
    Trichechus manatus
    Dist: Southeastern United States & Atlantic coast of Central & South America
    Special feat: Rounded tail*    Manatee

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Biology Flashcards on Cetacean ID Quiz, created by Reese Dame on 05/05/2019.
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Reese Dame · May 2019
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Jun 3, 2019
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