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A Survey for Danish Whale Dictionary


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MYSTICETI

BALEEN WHALES

BARDEHVALER

BALAENIDAE

RIGHT WHALES
RETHVALER
Balaena glacialis
Great Right Whale
Nordlig rethval (Nordkaperen)
B. mysticetus
Bowhead Whale
Grøndlandshval
Caperea marginata
Pygmy Right Whale
Dvärgrethval

ESCHRICHTIDAE


GRÅVALAR
Eschrichtius robustus
Grey Whale
Gråval


BALAENOPTERIDAE

RORQUAL WHALES
Bardehvaler
Balaenoptera physalus
Fin Whale
Finhval
B. musculus
Blue Whale
Blåhval
B. acutorostrata
Piked Whale, Minke Whale
Vågehval
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
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
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Northern Bottlenose Whale
Nordlig døgling
H. planifrons
Southern Bottlenose Whale
Sydlig døgling
Indopacetus pacificus
Indopacific Beaked Whale
Longmans næbhval
Mesoplodon hectori
Skew Beaked Whale
Hectors næbhval
M. mirus
Wonderful Beaked Whale
Trues næbhval
M. europaeus
Gulf Stream Beaked Whale
Gervais Näbhval
M. carlhubbsi
Arch Beaked Whale
Hubbs næbhval
M. ginkgodens
Japanese Beaked Whale
Ginkgotandet næbhval
M. grayi
Scamperdown Beaked Whale
Grays næbhval
M. stejnegri
Bering Sea Beaked Whale
Stejnegers næbhval
M. bowdoini
Splaytooth Beaked Whale
Andrews næbhval
M. densirostris
Dense Beaked Whale
Blainvilles næbhval
M. bidens
North Sea Beaked Whale
Døgling
M. layardii
Straptooth Beaked Whale
Layards næbhval

PLATANISTIDAE

RIVER DOLPHINS
FLODDELFINER
Platanista gangetica
Ganges River Dolphin (Susu)
Ganges floddelfin
P. minor
Indus River Dolphin (Indus Susu)
Indus floddelfin
Lipotes vexillifer
Yangtse River Dolphin (Bai ji)
Kinesisk floddelfin
Inia geoffrensis
Amazon River Dolphin (Inia)
Amazon floddelfin
Pontoporia blainvillei
La Plata River Dolphin (Fransiscana)
La Plata-floddelfin

MONODONTIDAE


NARHVALER
Monodon monoceros
Unicorn Whale (Narwhal)
Narhval
Delphinapterus leucas
White Whale (Beluga)
Almindelig delfin

PHYSETERIDAE

SPERM WHALES
KASKELOTTERNA
Physeter macrocephalus
Great Sperm Whale
Kaskelot
Kogia breviceps
Pygmy Sperm Whale
Almindelig dvärgkaskelot
K. simus
Dwarf Sperm Whale
Lille dværgkaskelot

STENIDAE

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

PORPOISES
TUMLAR
Phocoena phocoena
Common Porpoise (Harbour P.)
Marsvin
P. spinipinnis
Black Porpoise
sort Marsvin
P. dioptrica
Spectacled Porpoise
Brillemarsvin
P. sinus
Gulf Porpoise (Cochito)
Golfmarsvin
Neophocaena phocaenoides
Finless Porpoise
Finneløst marsvin
Phocoenoides dalli
Spray Porpoise (Dall's P.)
Hvidsidemarsvin

GLOBICEPHALIDAE

KILLER and PILOT WHALES
Spækhugger och grindehval
Globicephala melaena
Longfin Pilot Whale
Langluffet grindehval
G. macrorhynchus
Shortfin Pilot Whale
Kortluffet grindhval
Orcinus orca
Great Killer Whale (Orca)
Späkhugger
Pseudorca crassidens
False Killer Whale
Halvspäkhugger
Feresa attenuata
Pygmy Killer Whale
Almindelig dværgspækhugger
Peponocephala electra
Melonhead Whale
Mangetandet dværgspækhugger

DELPHINIDAE


DELFINER
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Whitebeak Dolphin
Hvidnæse
L. acutus
Atlantic Whiteside Dolphin
Hvidskävring
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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