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MYSTICETI | BALEEN WHALES | BARDEHVALER |
BALAENIDAE |
RIGHT WHALES |
RETHVALER |
Balaena glacialis |
Great Right Whale |
Nordlig rethval (Nordkaperen) |
B.
mysticetus
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Bowhead Whale |
Grøndlandshval |
Caperea marginata |
Pygmy Right Whale |
Dvärgrethval |
ESCHRICHTIDAE |
GRÅVALAR
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Eschrichtius robustus |
Grey Whale |
Gråval
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BALAENOPTERIDAE
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RORQUAL WHALES |
Bardehvaler |
Balaenoptera physalus |
Fin Whale |
Finhval |
B.
musculus
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Blue Whale |
Blåhval
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B. acutorostrata |
Piked Whale, Minke Whale |
Vågehval
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B. borealis |
Sei Whale |
Seihval |
B. edeni |
Tropical Whale, (Bryde's W.) |
Finhval |
Megaptera novaeangliae |
Humpback Whale |
Pukkelhval |
ODONTOCETI |
TOOTHED WHALES |
TANDHVALER |
ZIPHIIDAE |
BEAKED WHALES |
Næbhvaler
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Tasmacetus shepherdi |
Tasman Whale (Shepherd's W.) |
Mangetandet næbhval |
Berardius bairdii |
Northern Fourtooth Whale |
Bairds næbhval |
B. arnuxii |
Southern Fourtooth Whale |
Arnouxs næbhval |
Ziphius cavirostris |
Goosebeak Whale (Cuvier's W.) |
Småhovedet hval
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Hyperoodon ampullatus |
Northern Bottlenose Whale |
Nordlig døgling |
H.
planifrons
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Southern
Bottlenose Whale
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Sydlig døgling |
Indopacetus
pacificus
|
Indopacific
Beaked Whale
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Longmans næbhval |
Mesoplodon hectori |
Skew Beaked Whale |
Hectors næbhval |
M. mirus |
Wonderful Beaked Whale |
Trues næbhval |
M. europaeus |
Gulf Stream Beaked Whale |
Gervais Näbhval
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M.
carlhubbsi
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Arch
Beaked Whale
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Hubbs næbhval |
M.
ginkgodens
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Japanese
Beaked Whale
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Ginkgotandet næbhval |
M.
grayi
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Scamperdown
Beaked Whale
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Grays næbhval |
M.
stejnegri
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Bering
Sea Beaked Whale
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Stejnegers næbhval |
M.
bowdoini
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Splaytooth
Beaked Whale
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Andrews næbhval |
M.
densirostris
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Dense
Beaked Whale
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Blainvilles næbhval |
M.
bidens
|
North Sea Beaked Whale |
Døgling |
M. layardii |
Straptooth
Beaked Whale
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Layards næbhval |
PLATANISTIDAE
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RIVER DOLPHINS |
FLODDELFINER |
Platanista
gangetica
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Ganges River Dolphin (Susu) |
Ganges floddelfin |
P.
minor
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Indus River Dolphin (Indus Susu) |
Indus floddelfin |
Lipotes
vexillifer
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Yangtse
River Dolphin (Bai ji)
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Kinesisk floddelfin |
Inia
geoffrensis
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Amazon River Dolphin (Inia) |
Amazon floddelfin |
Pontoporia
blainvillei
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La
Plata River Dolphin (Fransiscana)
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La Plata-floddelfin |
MONODONTIDAE
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NARHVALER |
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Monodon
monoceros
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Unicorn Whale (Narwhal) |
Narhval |
Delphinapterus
leucas
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White
Whale (Beluga)
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Almindelig delfin |
PHYSETERIDAE
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SPERM WHALES |
KASKELOTTERNA
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Physeter macrocephalus |
Great Sperm Whale |
Kaskelot
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Kogia breviceps |
Pygmy Sperm Whale |
Almindelig dvärgkaskelot
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K. simus |
Dwarf Sperm Whale |
Lille dværgkaskelot |
STENIDAE
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COASTAL DOLPHINS |
TANDHVALER |
Steno bradanensis |
Roughttooth Dolphin |
Rutandet delfin |
Sousa chinensis |
Indopacific Humpback Dolphin (Chinese White Dolphin) |
Indopacifisk pukkeldelfin |
S. teuszil |
Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Cameroon Dolphin) |
Atlanterhavs-pukkeldelfin |
Sotalia fluviatilis |
Estuarine Dolphin (Tucuxi) |
Tucuxi-delfin |
PHOCOENIDAE
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PORPOISES |
TUMLAR |
Phocoena phocoena |
Common Porpoise (Harbour P.) |
Marsvin
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P. spinipinnis
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Black
Porpoise
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sort Marsvin |
P. dioptrica |
Spectacled Porpoise |
Brillemarsvin |
P.
sinus
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Gulf
Porpoise (Cochito)
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Golfmarsvin |
Neophocaena
phocaenoides
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Finless
Porpoise
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Finneløst marsvin |
Phocoenoides
dalli
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Spray
Porpoise (Dall's P.)
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Hvidsidemarsvin |
GLOBICEPHALIDAE
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KILLER and PILOT WHALES
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Spækhugger och grindehval
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Globicephala
melaena
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Longfin
Pilot Whale
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Langluffet grindehval
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G. macrorhynchus |
Shortfin Pilot Whale |
Kortluffet grindhval |
Orcinus
orca
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Great
Killer Whale (Orca)
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Späkhugger
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Pseudorca crassidens |
False Killer Whale |
Halvspäkhugger |
Feresa attenuata |
Pygmy Killer Whale |
Almindelig dværgspækhugger |
Peponocephala electra
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Melonhead
Whale
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Mangetandet dværgspækhugger |
DELPHINIDAE |
DELFINER
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Lagenorhynchus
albirostris
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Whitebeak Dolphin |
Hvidnæse
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L. acutus |
Atlantic Whiteside Dolphin |
Hvidskävring
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L. obliquidens |
Pacific Whiteside Dolphin |
Stillehavs-hvidskæving |
L. obscurus |
Dusky Dolphin |
Mørk hvidskæving |
L. cruciger |
Hourglass Dolphin |
Kors-hvidskæving |
L. australis |
Blackchin Dolphin |
Sydlig hvidskæving |
Lagenodelphis hosei |
Shortsnout Dolphin |
Hvidskæving-delfin |
Lissodelphis peronii |
Southern Rightwhale Dolphin |
Sydlig rethvalsdelfin |
L. borealis |
Northern Rightwhale Dolphin |
Nordlig rethvalsdelfin |
Cephallorhynchus commersonii |
Piebald Dolphin (Commerson's D.) |
Commersons delfin |
C. eutropia |
Chilean Dolphin (Black D.) |
Chilensk delfin, Sort delfin |
C. heavisidii |
Benguela Dolphin |
Sydafrikansk delfin, Heavisided delfin |
C. hectori |
New Zealand Dolphin |
Hectors delfin |
Grampus griseus |
Grey Dolphin (Risso's D.) |
Rissos-delfin, Halvgrindehval |
Orcaella brevirostris |
Snubfin Dolphin |
Irrawady-delfin |
Stenella longirostris |
Spinner Dolphin |
Langnæbbet delfin |
S. clymene |
Helmet Dolphin |
Clymene-delfin |
S. coeruloalba |
Striped Dolphin |
Stribet delfin |
S. attenuata |
Bridled Dolphin (Cuvier's D.) |
Pantropisk plettet delfin |
S. plagiodon |
Spotted Dolphin |
Atlantisk plettet delfin |
Delphinus delphis |
Common Dolphin |
Delfin |
Tursiops truncatus |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
Øresvin
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