Table of Contents
360 relations: Aboriginal whaling, Allometry, Amazon river dolphin, Ambergris, Ambrose, Ambulocetidae, Ambulocetus, Amphitrite, Amu Darya, Ancient Greece, Andrewsiphius, Animal cognition, Animal echolocation, Aphrodite, Apollo, Aquatic mammal, Archaeoceti, Arion, Aristotle, Artiodactyl, Artiofabula, Atlantic spotted dolphin, Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Auricle (anatomy), Baiji, Balaenidae, Baleen, Baleen whale, Bangudae Petroglyphs, Barnum's American Museum, Basilosauridae, Basilosaurus, Bat, Beaked whale, Beluga whale, Bible, Bicornuate uterus, Binocular vision, Blackfish (film), Bladder, Blowhole (anatomy), Blubber, Blue whale, Bone, Bony labyrinth, Book of Job, Boto, Bottlenose dolphin, Bottlenose whale, Bowhead whale, ... Expand index (310 more) »
- Cetaceans
- Mammal infraorders
- Taxa described in 1762
- Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson
Aboriginal whaling
Aboriginal whaling or indigenous whaling is the hunting of whales by indigenous peoples recognised by either IWC (International Whaling Commission) or the hunting is considered as part of indigenous activity by the country.
See Cetacea and Aboriginal whaling
Allometry
Allometry (Ancient Greek "other", "measurement") is the study of the relationship of body size to shape, anatomy, physiology and behaviour, first outlined by Otto Snell in 1892, by D'Arcy Thompson in 1917 in On Growth and Form and by Julian Huxley in 1932.
Amazon river dolphin
The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), also known as the boto, bufeo or pink river dolphin, is a species of toothed whale endemic to South America and is classified in the family Iniidae.
See Cetacea and Amazon river dolphin
Ambergris
Ambergris (or; ambra grisea; ambre gris), ambergrease, or grey amber is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish colour produced in the digestive system of sperm whales.
Ambrose
Ambrose of Milan (Aurelius Ambrosius; 4 April 397), venerated as Saint Ambrose, was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397.
Ambulocetidae
Ambulocetidae is a family of early cetaceans from Pakistan.
Ambulocetus
Ambulocetus (Latin ambulare "to walk" + cetus "whale") is a genus of early amphibious cetacean from the Kuldana Formation in Pakistan, roughly 48 or 47 million years ago during the Early Eocene (Lutetian).
Amphitrite
In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (Ἀμφιτρίτη|Amphitrítē) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and her consort is Poseidon.
Amu Darya
The Amu Darya, also called the Amu, the Amo, and historically the Oxus (Latin: Ōxus; Greek: Ὦξος, Ôxos), is a major river in Central Asia, which flows through Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.
See Cetacea and Ancient Greece
Andrewsiphius
Andrewsiphius is an extinct remingtonocetid early whale known from the Eocene (Lutetian) of Gujarat and Kutch, India and Balochistan, Pakistan.
Animal cognition
Animal cognition encompasses the mental capacities of non-human animals including insect cognition.
See Cetacea and Animal cognition
Animal echolocation
Echolocation, also called bio sonar, is a biological active sonar used by several animal groups, both in the air and underwater.
See Cetacea and Animal echolocation
Aphrodite
Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman goddess counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.
Apollo
Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.
Aquatic mammal
Aquatic and semiaquatic mammals are a diverse group of mammals that dwell partly or entirely in bodies of water.
See Cetacea and Aquatic mammal
Archaeoceti
Archaeoceti ("ancient whales"), or Zeuglodontes in older literature, is a paraphyletic group of primitive cetaceans that lived from the Early Eocene to the late Oligocene. Cetacea and Archaeoceti are cetaceans.
Arion
Arion (Ἀρίων) was a kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb.
Aristotle
Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.
Artiodactyl
Artiodactyls are placental mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla. Typically, they are ungulates which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes (the third and fourth, often in the form of a hoof).
Artiofabula
Artiofabula is a clade made up of the Suina and the Cetruminantia.
Atlantic spotted dolphin
The Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) is a dolphin found in warm temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
See Cetacea and Atlantic spotted dolphin
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
The Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) is a distinctively coloured dolphin found in the cool to temperate waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.
See Cetacea and Atlantic white-sided dolphin
Auricle (anatomy)
The auricle or auricula is the visible part of the ear that is outside the head.
See Cetacea and Auricle (anatomy)
Baiji
The baiji (IPA:; Lipotes vexillifer, Lipotes meaning "left behind" and vexillifer "flag bearer") is a possibly extinct species of freshwater dolphin native to the Yangtze river system in China.
Balaenidae
Balaenidae is a family of whales of the parvorder Mysticeti (baleen whales) that contains mostly fossil taxa and two living genera: the right whale (genus Eubalaena), and the closely related bowhead whale (genus Balaena).
Baleen
Baleen is a filter-feeding system inside the mouths of baleen whales.
Baleen whale
Baleen whales, also known as whalebone whales, are marine mammals of the parvorder Mysticeti in the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises), which use keratinaceous baleen plates (or "whalebone") in their mouths to sieve planktonic creatures from the water.
Bangudae Petroglyphs
The Bangudae Petroglyphs are pre-historic engravings on flat vertical rock faces.
See Cetacea and Bangudae Petroglyphs
Barnum's American Museum
Barnum's American Museum was a dime museum located at the corner of Broadway, Park Row, and Ann Street in what is now the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, from 1841 to 1865.
See Cetacea and Barnum's American Museum
Basilosauridae
Basilosauridae is a family of extinct cetaceans.
See Cetacea and Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus
Basilosaurus (meaning "king lizard") is a genus of large, predatory, prehistoric archaeocete whale from the late Eocene, approximately 41.3 to 33.9 million years ago (mya).
Bat
Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.
See Cetacea and Bat
Beaked whale
Beaked whales (systematic name Ziphiidae) are a family of cetaceans noted as being one of the least-known groups of mammals because of their deep-sea habitat, reclusive behavior and apparent low abundance.
Beluga whale
The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean.
Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.
Bicornuate uterus
A bicornuate uterus or bicornate uterus (from the Latin cornū, meaning "horn"), is a type of Müllerian anomaly in the human uterus, where there is a deep indentation at the fundus (top) of the uterus.
See Cetacea and Bicornuate uterus
Binocular vision
In biology, binocular vision is a type of vision in which an animal has two eyes capable of facing the same direction to perceive a single three-dimensional image of its surroundings.
See Cetacea and Binocular vision
Blackfish (film)
Blackfish is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite.
See Cetacea and Blackfish (film)
Bladder
The bladder is a hollow organ in humans and other vertebrates that stores urine from the kidneys before disposal by urination.
Blowhole (anatomy)
In cetology, the study of whales and other cetaceans, a blowhole is the hole (or spiracle) at the top of the head through which the animal breathes air.
See Cetacea and Blowhole (anatomy)
Blubber
Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds, penguins, and sirenians.
Blue whale
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale.
Bone
A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals.
See Cetacea and Bone
Bony labyrinth
The bony labyrinth (also osseous labyrinth or otic capsule) is the rigid, bony outer wall of the inner ear in the temporal bone.
See Cetacea and Bony labyrinth
Book of Job
The Book of Job (ʾĪyyōḇ), or simply Job, is a book found in the Ketuvim ("Writings") section of the Hebrew Bible and the first of the Poetic Books in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.
Boto
Boto is a Portuguese name given to several types of dolphins and river dolphins native to the Amazon and the Orinoco River tributaries.
See Cetacea and Boto
Bottlenose dolphin
The bottlenose dolphin is a toothed whale in the genus Tursiops. They are common, cosmopolitan members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins.
See Cetacea and Bottlenose dolphin
Bottlenose whale
Hyperoodon (or Hyperoödon) is a genus of beaked whale, containing just two species: the Northern and Southern bottlenose whales.
See Cetacea and Bottlenose whale
Bowhead whale
The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family Balaenidae and is the only living representative of the genus Balaena.
Brackish water
Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater.
See Cetacea and Brackish water
Brain size
The size of the brain is a frequent topic of study within the fields of anatomy, biological anthropology, animal science and evolution.
Brain–body mass ratio
Brain–body mass ratio, also known as the brain–body weight ratio, is the ratio of brain mass to body mass, which is hypothesized to be a rough estimate of the intelligence of an animal, although fairly inaccurate in many cases.
See Cetacea and Brain–body mass ratio
Brendan the Navigator
Brendan of Clonfert (c. AD 484 – c. 577) is one of the early Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.
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Brucella ceti
Brucella ceti is a gram negative bacterial pathogen of the Brucellaceae family that causes brucellosis in cetaceans.
Brucellosis
Brucellosis is a zoonosis caused by ingestion of unpasteurized milk from infected animals, or close contact with their secretions.
Bryde's whale
Bryde's whale, or the Bryde's whale complex, putatively comprises three species of rorqual and maybe four.
Bubble ring
A bubble ring, or toroidal bubble, is an underwater vortex ring where an air bubble occupies the core of the vortex, forming a ring shape.
Bubble-net feeding
Bubble-net feeding is a feeding behavior engaged in by humpback whales and Bryde's whales.
See Cetacea and Bubble-net feeding
Calcium carbonate
Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
See Cetacea and Calcium carbonate
Carbonic acid
Carbonic acid is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels.
See Cetacea and Cardiovascular disease
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
Carnivore
A carnivore, or meat-eater (Latin, caro, genitive carnis, meaning meat or "flesh" and vorare meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements are met by the consumption of animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other soft tissues) whether through hunting or scavenging.
Cartilage
Cartilage is a resilient and smooth type of connective tissue.
Centromere
The centromere links a pair of sister chromatids together during cell division.
Cervical vertebrae
In tetrapods, cervical vertebrae (vertebra) are the vertebrae of the neck, immediately below the skull.
See Cetacea and Cervical vertebrae
Cetacean intelligence
Cetacean intelligence is the overall intelligence and derived cognitive ability of aquatic mammals belonging in the infraorder Cetacea (cetaceans), including baleen whales, porpoises, and dolphins. Cetacea and Cetacean intelligence are cetaceans.
See Cetacea and Cetacean intelligence
Cetacean stranding
Cetacean stranding, commonly known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales and dolphins strand themselves on land, usually on a beach. Cetacea and Cetacean stranding are cetaceans.
See Cetacea and Cetacean stranding
Cetology
Cetology (from Greek κῆτος, kētos, "whale"; and -λογία, -logia) or whalelore (also known as whaleology) is the branch of marine mammal science that studies the approximately eighty species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises in the scientific order Cetacea.
Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriidae is a family of baleen whales (parvorder Mysticeti).
Cetruminantia
The Cetruminantia are a clade made up of the Cetancodontamorpha (or Whippomorpha) and their closest living relatives, the Ruminantia.
Cetus
Cetus is a constellation, sometimes called 'the whale' in English.
Cetus (mythology)
In Ancient Greek ketos (κῆτος, plural kete/ketea, κήτη/κήτεα), Latinized as cetus (pl. ceti or cete.
See Cetacea and Cetus (mythology)
Chemotroph
A chemotroph Greek words “chemo” (meaning chemical) and “troph” (meaning nourishment) is an organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron donors in their environments.
Chevrotain
Chevrotains, or mouse-deer, are diminutive, even-toed ungulates that make up the family Tragulidae, and are the only living members of the infraorder Tragulina.
Christian art
Christian art is sacred art which uses subjects, themes, and imagery from Christianity.
Chromosome
A chromosome is a package of DNA with part or all of the genetic material of an organism.
Chronic condition
A chronic condition (also known as chronic disease or chronic illness) is a health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time.
See Cetacea and Chronic condition
Churchill River (Hudson Bay)
The Churchill River is a major river in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada.
See Cetacea and Churchill River (Hudson Bay)
Circulatory system
The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.
See Cetacea and Circulatory system
Clade
In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.
Cladogram
A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.
Clavicle
The clavicle, collarbone, or keybone is a slender, S-shaped long bone approximately 6 inches (15 cm) long that serves as a strut between the shoulder blade and the sternum (breastbone).
Clever Hans
Clever Hans (German: der Kluge Hans; c. 1895 – c. 1916) was a horse that was claimed to have performed arithmetic and other intellectual tasks.
Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
See Cetacea and Climate change
Clymene dolphin
The Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene), in older texts known as the short-snouted spinner dolphin, is a dolphin endemic to the Atlantic Ocean.
See Cetacea and Clymene dolphin
Cochlea
The cochlea is the part of the inner ear involved in hearing.
Code of Federal Regulations
In the law of the United States, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent regulations promulgated by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States.
See Cetacea and Code of Federal Regulations
Cold seep
A cold seep (sometimes called a cold vent) is an area of the ocean floor where seepage of fluids rich in hydrogen sulfide, methane, and other hydrocarbons occurs, often in the form of a brine pool.
Commerson's dolphin
Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii), also referred to by the common names jacobita, skunk dolphin, piebald dolphin, panda dolphin, or tonina overa (in South America), is a small oceanic dolphin of the genus Cephalorhynchus.
See Cetacea and Commerson's dolphin
Common dolphin
The common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with a global population of about six million.
See Cetacea and Common dolphin
Communication
Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information.
Corset
A corset is a support undergarment worn to hold and train the torso into the desired shape and posture.
Cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and environmental conditions, though this is not always so.
See Cetacea and Cosmopolitan distribution
Crinoline
A crinoline is a stiff or structured petticoat designed to hold out a skirt, popular at various times since the mid-19th century.
Crocodile
Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
Crustacean
Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea, a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp.
Decompression sickness
Decompression sickness (DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution as bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression.
See Cetacea and Decompression sickness
Delphinoidea
Delphinoidea is the largest group of toothed whales, including 66 genera in 6 families.
Delphinus
Delphinus (Pronounced or) is a small constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere, close to the celestial equator.
Dionysus
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (Διόνυσος) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.
Discovery Cove
Discovery Cove is a theme park owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts, and located in Orlando, Florida.
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Dolphin
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the clade Odontoceti (toothed whale).
Dolphin drive hunting
Dolphin drive hunting, also called dolphin drive fishing, is a method of hunting dolphins and occasionally other small cetaceans by driving them together with boats, usually into a bay or onto a beach.
See Cetacea and Dolphin drive hunting
Dolphinarium
A dolphinarium is an aquarium for dolphins.
Dorsal fin
A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates within various taxa of the animal kingdom.
Dorudon
Dorudon ("spear-tooth") is a genus of extinct basilosaurid ancient whales that lived alongside Basilosaurus 40.4 to 33.9 million years ago in the Eocene.
Dorudontinae
Dorudontinae are a group of extinct cetaceans that are related to Basilosaurus.
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter, best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (HHGTTG).
Dwarf sperm whale
The dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) is a sperm whale that inhabits temperate and tropical oceans worldwide, in particular continental shelves and slopes.
See Cetacea and Dwarf sperm whale
Ear canal
The ear canal (external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, EAM) is a pathway running from the outer ear to the middle ear.
Eardrum
In the anatomy of humans and various other tetrapods, the eardrum, also called the tympanic membrane or myringa, is a thin, cone-shaped membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear.
Electroreception and electrogenesis
Electroreception and electrogenesis are the closely related biological abilities to perceive electrical stimuli and to generate electric fields.
See Cetacea and Electroreception and electrogenesis
Encephalization quotient
Encephalization quotient (EQ), encephalization level (EL), or just encephalization is a relative brain size measure that is defined as the ratio between observed and predicted brain mass for an animal of a given size, based on nonlinear regression on a range of reference species.
See Cetacea and Encephalization quotient
Eocene
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).
Eschrichtiidae
Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (Parvorder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), as well as three described fossil genera: Archaeschrichtius and Eschrichtioides from the Miocene and Pliocene of Italy respectively, and Gricetoides from the Pliocene of North Carolina.
See Cetacea and Eschrichtiidae
Eutheria
Eutheria (from Greek εὐ-, 'good, right' and θηρίον, 'beast'), also called Pan-Placentalia, is the clade consisting of placental mammals and all therian mammals that are more closely related to placentals than to marsupials.
Eye
An eye is a sensory organ that allows an organism to perceive visual information.
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Facial expression
A facial expression is one or more motions or positions of the muscles beneath the skin of the face.
See Cetacea and Facial expression
False killer whale
The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a species of oceanic dolphin that is the only extant representative of the genus Pseudorca.
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Family (biology)
Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
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Faroe Islands
The Faroe or Faeroe Islands, or simply the Faroes (Føroyar,; Færøerne), are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Fertility
Fertility in colloquial terms refers the ability to have offspring.
Fin
A fin is a thin component or appendage attached to a larger body or structure.
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Finless porpoise
Neophocaena is a genus of porpoise native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well as the freshwater habitats of the Yangtze River basin in China.
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Flipper (1995 TV series)
Flipper (also known as Flipper – The New Adventures) is an American revival television series of the original 1964 ''Flipper'' television series.
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Flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict
In maritime law, flotsam, jetsam, lagan, and derelict are specific kinds of shipwreck.
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Free Willy
Free Willy is a 1993 American family drama film, directed by Simon Wincer, produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Jennie Lew Tugend, written by Keith A. Walker and Corey Blechman from a story by Walker and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures under their Family Entertainment imprint.
Fresh water
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.
Gallbladder
In vertebrates, the gallbladder, also known as the cholecyst, is a small hollow organ where bile is stored and concentrated before it is released into the small intestine.
Ganges
The Ganges (in India: Ganga,; in Bangladesh: Padma). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. The -long river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Gray whale
The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), also known as the grey whale,Britannica Micro.: v. IV, p. 693.
Gulf of California
The Gulf of California (Golfo de California), also known as the Sea of Cortés (Mar de Cortés) or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (Mar Vermejo), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from the Mexican mainland.
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Haemal arch
A haemal arch, also known as a chevron, is a bony arch on the ventral side of a tail vertebra of a vertebrate.
Hagfish
Hagfish, of the class Myxini (also known as Hyperotreti) and order Myxiniformes, are eel-shaped jawless fish (occasionally called slime eels).
Hair
Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis.
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Hans Thewissen
Johannes Gerardus Marie (Hans) Thewissen is a Dutch-American paleontologist known for his significant contributions to the field of whale evolution.
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Harbour porpoise
The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of eight extant species of porpoise.
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Harpoon
A harpoon is a long spear-like projectile used in fishing, whaling, sealing, and other hunting to shoot, kill, and capture large fish or marine mammals such as seals, sea cows and whales.
Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
Hector's dolphin
Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) is one of four dolphin species belonging to the genus Cephalorhynchus.
See Cetacea and Hector's dolphin
Helix
A helix is a shape like a cylindrical coil spring or the thread of a machine screw.
Herman Melville
Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.
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Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae is a family of stout, naked-skinned, and semiaquatic artiodactyl mammals, possessing three-chambered stomachs and walking on four toes on each foot.
See Cetacea and Hippopotamidae
Histology
Histology, also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology that studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues.
History of Animals
History of Animals (Τῶν περὶ τὰ ζῷα ἱστοριῶν, Ton peri ta zoia historion, "Inquiries on Animals"; Historia Animalium, "History of Animals") is one of the major texts on biology by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, who had studied at Plato's Academy in Athens.
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Homer
Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.
Hominidae
The Hominidae, whose members are known as the great apes or hominids, are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); Gorilla (the eastern and western gorilla); Pan (the chimpanzee and the bonobo); and Homo, of which only modern humans (''Homo sapiens'') remain.
Hourglass dolphin
The hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger) is a small dolphin in the family Delphinidae that inhabits offshore Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters.
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Humpback whale
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale.
See Cetacea and Humpback whale
Hvalba
Hvalba (Kvalbø) is a village and a municipality in the Faroe Islands, which consists of Hvalba, Nes-Hvalba and Sandvík.
Hybrid (biology)
In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through sexual reproduction.
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Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide is a chemical compound with the formula.
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Hydrostatics
Fluid statics or hydrostatics is the branch of fluid mechanics that studies fluids at hydrostatic equilibrium and "the pressure in a fluid or exerted by a fluid on an immersed body".
Hydrothermal vent
Hydrothermal vents are fissures on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges.
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Immunology
Immunology is a branch of biology and medicine that covers the study of immune systems in all organisms.
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin
The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) is a species of humpback dolphin inhabiting coastal waters of the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
See Cetacea and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin
Indocetus
Indocetus is a protocetid early whale known from the late early Eocene (Lutetian) Harudi Formation (paleocoordinates) in Kutch, India.
Infrasound
Infrasound, sometimes referred to as low frequency sound, describes sound waves with a frequency below the lower limit of human audibility (generally 20 Hz, as defined by the ANSI/ASA S1.1-2013 standard).
Iniidae
Iniidae is a family of river dolphins containing one living genus, Inia, and four extinct genera.
Intelligence
Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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International Whaling Commission
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is a specialised regional fishery management organisation, established under the terms of the 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) to "provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry".
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Invertebrate
Invertebrates is an umbrella term describing animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column (commonly known as a spine or backbone), which evolved from the notochord.
Ironing
Ironing is the use of an iron, usually heated, to remove wrinkles and unwanted creases from fabric.
Irrawaddy dolphin
The Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) is a euryhaline species of oceanic dolphin found in scattered subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers in parts of the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia.
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Janjucetus
Janjucetus is an extinct genus of cetacean, and a basal baleen whale (Mysticeti), from the Late Oligocene around 25 million years ago (mya) off south-east Australia, containing one species J. hunderi.
Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.
Jonah
Jonah or Jonas is a Jewish prophet in the Hebrew Bible hailing from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1980 by Jiri Zidek (University of Oklahoma).
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Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.
Karyotype
A karyotype is the general appearance of the complete set of chromosomes in the cells of a species or in an individual organism, mainly including their sizes, numbers, and shapes.
Kekenodontidae
Kekenodontidae is an extinct family of non-neocete pelagicetes from the Late Oligocene (Chattian) of New Zealand.
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Keratin
Keratin is one of a family of structural fibrous proteins also known as scleroproteins.
Kogiidae
Kogiidae is a family comprising at least two extant species of Cetacea, the pygmy (''Kogia breviceps)'' and dwarf (''K. sima)'' sperm whales.
Krill
Krill (Euphausiids), (krill) are small and exclusively marine crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea, found in all the world's oceans.
Kutchicetus
Kutchicetus is an extinct genus of early whale of the family Remingtonocetidae that lived during Early-Middle Eocene (Lutetian and Ypresian) in what is now the coastal border of Pakistan and India (paleocoordinates). It is closely related to Andrewsiphius with which it was synonymized by.
La Plata dolphin
The La Plata dolphin, franciscana or toninha (Pontoporia blainvillei) is a species of river dolphin found in coastal Atlantic waters of southeastern South America.
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Lacrimal gland
The lacrimal glands are paired exocrine glands, one for each eye, found in most terrestrial vertebrates and some marine mammals, that secrete the aqueous layer of the tear film.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Lesbos
Lesbos or Lesvos (Lésvos) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea.
Lesion
A lesion is any damage or abnormal change in the tissue of an organism, usually caused by injury or diseases.
Lipotidae
Lipotidae is a family of river dolphins containing the possibly extinct baiji of China and the fossil genus Parapontoporia from the Late Miocene and Pliocene of the Pacific coast of North America.
List of captive orcas
Orcas, or killer whales, are large predatory cetaceans that were first captured live and displayed in exhibitions in the 1960s.
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List of largest fish
Fish vary greatly in size.
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Liver
The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and various other biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth.
Long-finned pilot whale
The long-finned pilot whale, or pothead whale (Globicephala melas) is a large species of oceanic dolphin.
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Lumbar vertebrae
The lumbar vertebrae are located between the thoracic vertebrae and pelvis.
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Male infertility
Male infertility refers to a sexually mature male's inability to impregnate a fertile female.
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Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Mammary gland
A mammary gland is an exocrine gland in humans and other mammals that produces milk to feed young offspring.
Marine invertebrates
Marine invertebrates are the invertebrates that live in marine habitats.
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Marine mammal
Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence.
Marine Mammal Protection Act
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was the first act of the United States Congress to call specifically for an ecosystem approach to wildlife management.
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Mathurin Jacques Brisson
Mathurin Jacques Brisson (30 April 1723 – 23 June 1806) was a French zoologist and natural philosopher.
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Maxilla
In vertebrates, the maxilla (maxillae) is the upper fixed (not fixed in Neopterygii) bone of the jaw formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones.
Melon (cetacean)
The melon is a mass of adipose tissue found in the foreheads of all toothed whales.
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Melon-headed whale
The melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra), also known less commonly as the electra dolphin, little killer whale, or many-toothed blackfish, is a toothed whale of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae).
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Metacognition
Metacognition is an awareness of one's thought processes and an understanding of the patterns behind them.
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Minke whale
The minke whale, or lesser rorqual, is a species complex of baleen whale.
Minoan civilization
The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age culture which was centered on the island of Crete.
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Mirror test
The mirror test—sometimes called the mark test, mirror self-recognition (MSR) test, red spot technique, or rouge test—is a behavioral technique developed in 1970 by American psychologist Gordon Gallup Jr. as an attempt to determine whether an animal possesses the ability of visual self-recognition.
Miscarriage
Miscarriage, also known in medical terms as a spontaneous abortion, is the death and expulsion of an embryo or fetus before it can survive independently.
Mithymna
Mithymna (Μήθυμνα, also sometimes spelled Methymna) is a town and former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece.
Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville.
Molar (tooth)
The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth.
Molecular biology
Molecular biology is a branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions.
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Molecular Biology and Evolution
Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE) is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution.
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of evolutionary biology and phylogenetics.
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Monodontidae
The cetacean family Monodontidae comprises two living whale species, the narwhal and the beluga whale and at least four extinct species, known from the fossil record.
Monogamy in animals
Monogamous pairing in animals refers to the natural history of mating systems in which species pair bond to raise offspring.
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Morphology (biology)
Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
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Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.
Myoglobin
Myoglobin (symbol Mb or MB) is an iron- and oxygen-binding protein found in the cardiac and skeletal muscle tissue of vertebrates in general and in almost all mammals.
Narwhal
The narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is a species of toothed whale native to the Arctic.
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.
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National Marine Fisheries Service
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), informally known as NOAA Fisheries, is a United States federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that is responsible for the stewardship of U.S. national marine resources.
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Natural History (Pliny)
The Natural History (Naturalis Historia) is a Latin work by Pliny the Elder.
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Nekton
Nekton or necton (from the) refers to aquatic organisms that can actively and persistently propel themselves (i.e. swim) through a water column.
Neobalaenidae
Neobalaenidae is a family of baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti) including the extant pygmy right whale.
Neocortex
The neocortex, also called the neopallium, isocortex, or the six-layered cortex, is a set of layers of the mammalian cerebral cortex involved in higher-order brain functions such as sensory perception, cognition, generation of motor commands, spatial reasoning and language.
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Neritic zone
The neritic zone (or sublittoral zone) is the relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, approximately in depth.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
Nile
The Nile (also known as the Nile River) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa.
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Nineveh
Nineveh (𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀, URUNI.NU.A, Ninua; נִינְוֵה, Nīnəwē; نَيْنَوَىٰ, Naynawā; ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ, Nīnwē), also known in early modern times as Kouyunjik, was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul in northern Iraq.
Norsemen
The Norsemen (or Norse people) were a North Germanic linguistic group of the Early Middle Ages, during which they spoke the Old Norse language.
North Atlantic right whale
The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale, one of three right whale species belonging to the genus Eubalaena, all of which were formerly classified as a single species.
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North Pacific right whale
The North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) is a very large, thickset baleen whale species that is extremely rare and endangered.
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North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
Northern right whale dolphin
The northern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) is a small, slender species of cetacean found in the cold and temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean.
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Ocean acidification
Ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's ocean.
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Oceanic dolphin
Oceanic dolphins or Delphinidae are a widely distributed family of dolphins that live in the sea.
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Ojo de Liebre Lagoon
Ojo de Liebre Lagoon (also known as Scammon's Lagoon), translated into English as "hare eye lagoon", is a coastal lagoon located in Mulegé Municipality near the town of Guerrero Negro in the northwestern Baja California Sur state of Mexico.
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Olfactory system
The olfactory system or sense of smell is the sensory system used for smelling (olfaction).
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Orca
The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family.
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Order (biology)
Order (ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
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Orkney
Orkney (Orkney; Orkneyjar; Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.
Ossicles
The ossicles (also called auditory ossicles) are three bones in either middle ear that are among the smallest bones in the human body.
Ovulation
Ovulation is the release of eggs from the ovaries.
Ozone layer
The ozone layer or ozone shield is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation.
Pachyosteosclerosis
Pachyosteosclerosis is a combination of thickening (pachyostosis) and densification (osteosclerosis) of bones.
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Pacific white-sided dolphin
The Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), also known as the hookfin porpoise, is an active dolphin found in the cool or temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean.
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Pakicetidae
Pakicetidae ("Pakistani whales") is an extinct family of Archaeoceti (early whales) that lived during the Early Eocene in Pakistan.
Pakicetus
Pakicetus is an extinct genus of amphibious cetacean of the family Pakicetidae, which was endemic to Pakistan during the Ypresian (early Eocene) period, roughly 50 million years ago.
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
Paraphyly
Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages.
Pecora
Pecora is an infraorder of even-toed hoofed mammals with ruminant digestion.
Pelvis
The pelvis (pelves or pelvises) is the lower part of the trunk, between the abdomen and the thighs (sometimes also called pelvic region), together with its embedded skeleton (sometimes also called bony pelvis or pelvic skeleton).
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
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Petroglyph
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.
Physeteroidea
Physeteroidea is a superfamily that includes three extant species of whales: the sperm whale, in the genus Physeter, and the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale, in the genus Kogia.
Pilot whale
Pilot whales are cetaceans belonging to the genus Globicephala.
Pinniped
Pinnipeds (pronounced), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals.
Placenta
The placenta (placentas or placentae) is a temporary embryonic and later fetal organ that begins developing from the blastocyst shortly after implantation.
Plankton
Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in water (or air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against currents (or wind).
Platanistidae
Platanistidae is a family of river dolphins containing the extant Ganges river dolphin and Indus river dolphin (both in the genus Platanista) but also extinct relatives from freshwater and marine deposits in the Neogene.
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 AD 79), called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian.
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PLOS Biology
PLOS Biology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of biology.
Polychaete
Polychaeta is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes.
Pontoporiidae
Pontoporiidae is a family of toothed whales, containing the extant genus Pontoporia, and ten extinct genera.
Porcelain
Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between.
Porpoise
Porpoises are small dolphin-like cetaceans classified under the family Phocoenidae.
Poseidon
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.
Pound sterling
Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.
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Primate
Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (often abbreviated PNAS or PNAS USA) is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal.
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Proceedings of the Royal Society
Proceedings of the Royal Society is the main research journal of the Royal Society.
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Protocetidae
Protocetidae, the protocetids, form a diverse and heterogeneous group of extinct cetaceans known from Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, and North America.
Pygmy killer whale
The pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) is a poorly known and rarely seen oceanic dolphin.
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Pygmy right whale
The pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) is a species of baleen whale.
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Pygmy sperm whale
The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) is one of two extant species in the family Kogiidae in the sperm whale superfamily.
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Pylorus
The pylorus connects the stomach to the duodenum.
Raoellidae
The Raoellidae, previously grouped within Helohyidae, are an extinct family of semiaquatic digitigrade artiodactyls in the clade Whippomorpha.
Raymond Gilmore
Raymond Maurice Gilmore (1 January 1907 - 31 December 1983) was an American zoologist and a recognized authority on whales.
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Remingtonocetidae
Remingtonocetidae is a diverse family of early aquatic mammals of the order Cetacea.
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Respiratory system
The respiratory system (also respiratory apparatus, ventilatory system) is a biological system consisting of specific organs and structures used for gas exchange in animals and plants.
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Right whale
Right whales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena: the North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis), the North Pacific right whale (E. japonica) and the Southern right whale (E. australis).
Riparian zone
A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream.
Risso's dolphin
Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) is a dolphin, the only species of the genus Grampus.
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River dolphin
River dolphins are a polyphyletic group of fully aquatic mammals that reside exclusively in freshwater or brackish water.
Rodhocetus
Rodhocetus (from Rodho, the geological anticline at the type locality, and cetus, Latin for whale) is an extinct genus of protocetid early whale known from the Lutetian of Pakistan.
Rorqual
Rorquals are the largest group of baleen whales, comprising the family Balaenopteridae, which contains nine extant species in two genera.
Rough-toothed dolphin
The rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) is a species of dolphin that can be found in deep warm and tropical waters around the world.
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Ruminant
Ruminants are herbivorous grazing or browsing artiodactyls belonging to the suborder Ruminantia that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
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Science (journal)
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.
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Scrotum
In most terrestrial mammals, the scrotum (scrotums or scrota; possibly from Latin scortum, meaning "hide" or "skin") or scrotal sac is a part of the external male genitalia located at the base of the penis.
Sea Life Park Hawaii
Sea Life Park Hawaii is a marine mammal park, bird sanctuary and aquarium in Waimānalo near Makapuʻu Point, north of Hanauma Bay on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, United States.
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Sea monster
Sea monsters are beings from folklore believed to dwell in the sea and are often imagined to be of immense size.
SeaQuest DSV
SeaQuest DSV (stylized as seaQuest DSV and also promoted as simply seaQuest) is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon.
Seattle
Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.
SeaWorld San Diego
SeaWorld San Diego is a theme park located in Mission Bay Park, San Diego, California.
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Self-awareness
In philosophy of self, self-awareness is the experience of one's own personality or individuality.
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Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction.
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Shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head.
Short-finned pilot whale
The short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) is one of the two species of cetaceans in the genus Globicephala, which it shares with the long-finned pilot whale (G. melas).
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Sochi
Sochi (a, from Шъуача – seaside) is the largest resort city in Russia.
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, Islands of Destiny, Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is a country consisting of 21 major islands Guadalcanal, Malaita, Makira, Santa Isabel, Choiseul, New Georgia, Kolombangara, Rennell, Vella Lavella, Vangunu, Nendo, Maramasike, Rendova, Shortland, San Jorge, Banie, Ranongga, Pavuvu, Nggela Pile and Nggela Sule, Tetepare, (which are bigger in area than 100 square kilometres) and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia.
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Sonar
Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, measure distances (ranging), communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water, such as other vessels.
Songs of the Humpback Whale (album)
Songs of the Humpback Whale is a 1970 album produced by bio-acoustician Roger Payne.
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South Asian river dolphin
South Asian river dolphins are toothed whales in the genus Platanista, which inhabit the waterways of the Indian subcontinent.
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Southern bottlenose whale
The southern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) is a species of whale, in the Ziphiid family, one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon.
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Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.
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Southern right whale
The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena.
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Southern right whale dolphin
The southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii) is a small and slender species of cetacean, found in cool waters of the Southern Hemisphere.
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Sowerby's beaked whale
Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens), also known as the North Atlantic or North Sea beaked whale, is a species of toothed whale.
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Sperm whale
The sperm whale or cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator.
Spermaceti
Spermaceti is a waxy substance found in the head cavities of the sperm whale (and, in smaller quantities, in the oils of other whales).
Spermaceti organ
The spermaceti organ is an organ present in the heads of toothed whales of the family Physeteroidea, in particular the sperm whale.
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Spinner dolphin
The spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world.
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Spotted dolphin
Spotted dolphin refers to either one of two closely related dolphin species, being.
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St. Lawrence River
The St.
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a 1986 American science fiction film, the fourth installment in the Star Trek film franchise based on the television series Star Trek.
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Sternum
The sternum (sternums or sterna) or breastbone is a long flat bone located in the central part of the chest.
Stone Age
The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.
Streamlines, streaklines, and pathlines
Streamlines, streaklines and pathlines are field lines in a fluid flow.
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Stress (biology)
Stress, whether physiological, biological or psychological, is an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition.
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Suina
Suina (also known as Suiformes) is a suborder of omnivorous, non-ruminant artiodactyl mammals that includes the domestic pig and peccaries.
Talus bone
The talus (Latin for ankle or ankle bone;: tali), talus bone, astragalus, or ankle bone is one of the group of foot bones known as the tarsus.
Taras (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Taras (Τάρας) was the eponymous founder of the Greek colony of Taras (Tarentum, modern Taranto), in Magna Graecia (today Southern Italy).
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Telomere
A telomere is a region of repetitive nucleotide sequences associated with specialized proteins at the ends of linear chromosomes (see Sequences).
Testicle
A testicle or testis (testes) is the male gonad in all bilaterians, including humans.
Tethys Ocean
The Tethys Ocean (Τηθύς), also called the Tethys Sea or the Neo-Tethys, was a prehistoric ocean during much of the Mesozoic Era and early-mid Cenozoic Era.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedy science fiction franchise created by Douglas Adams.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Thermal insulation
Thermal insulation is the reduction of heat transfer (i.e., the transfer of thermal energy between objects of differing temperature) between objects in thermal contact or in range of radiative influence.
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Thomas Beale
Thomas Beale (c. 1775–1841) was a Scottish naturalist, opium speculator and general merchant operating in the Far East during the 19th century.
Thoracic vertebrae
In vertebrates, thoracic vertebrae compose the middle segment of the vertebral column, between the cervical vertebrae and the lumbar vertebrae.
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Thule
Thule (Thúlē; Thūlē also spelled as Thylē) is the most northerly location mentioned in ancient Greek and Roman literature and cartography.
Tilikum (orca)
Tilikum (Document shown in documentary Blackfish states "born 12/1981". – 6 January 2017), nicknamed Tilly, was a captive male orca who spent most of his life at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida.
See Cetacea and Tilikum (orca)
Tooth
A tooth (teeth) is a hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food.
Toothed whale
The toothed whales (also called odontocetes, systematic name Odontoceti) are a parvorder of cetaceans that includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other whales possessing teeth, such as the beaked whales and the sperm whales.
Toroid
In mathematics, a toroid is a surface of revolution with a hole in the middle.
Tucuxi
The tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis), alternatively known in Peru bufeo gris or bufeo negro, is a species of freshwater dolphin found in the rivers of the Amazon basin.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers) is a science fiction adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne.
See Cetacea and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
Tylopoda
Tylopoda (meaning "calloused foot") is a suborder of terrestrial herbivorous even-toed ungulates belonging to the order Artiodactyla.
Tympanic part of the temporal bone
The tympanic part of the temporal bone is a curved plate of bone lying below the squamous part of the temporal bone, in front of the mastoid process, and surrounding the external part of the ear canal.
See Cetacea and Tympanic part of the temporal bone
Unihemispheric slow-wave sleep
Unihemispheric slow-wave sleep (USWS) is sleep where one half of the brain rests while the other half remains alert.
See Cetacea and Unihemispheric slow-wave sleep
Valencia Aquarium
Valencia Aquarium (officially Acuario de Valencia, Fundación Seijas) is a recreational park located in Valencia, Venezuela.
See Cetacea and Valencia Aquarium
Vaquita
The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico.
Vertebra
Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.
Von Economo neuron
Von Economo neurons, also called spindle neurons, are a specific class of mammalian cortical neurons characterized by a large spindle-shaped soma (or body) gradually tapering into a single apical axon (the ramification that transmits signals) in one direction, with only a single dendrite (the ramification that receives signals) facing opposite.
See Cetacea and Von Economo neuron
Vortex
In fluid dynamics, a vortex (vortices or vortexes) is a region in a fluid in which the flow revolves around an axis line, which may be straight or curved.
Wadi al Hitan
(lit) is a paleontological site in the Faiyum Governorate of Egypt, some south-west of Cairo.
Whale
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. Cetacea and Whale are cetaceans.
Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), formerly Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society in the UK, is a wildlife charity that is dedicated solely to the worldwide conservation and welfare of all whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans).
See Cetacea and Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Whale meat
Whale meat, broadly speaking, may include all cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) and all parts of the animal: muscle (meat), organs (offal), skin (muktuk), and fat (blubber).
Whale oil
Whale oil is oil obtained from the blubber of whales.
Whale vocalization
Whales use a variety of sounds for communication and sensation.
See Cetacea and Whale vocalization
Whaling
Whaling is the hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution.
Whippomorpha
Whippomorpha or Cetancodonta is a group of artiodactyls that contains all living cetaceans (whales, dolphins, etc.) and hippopotamuses.
Wholphin
A wholphin (portmanteau of whale and dolphin) is an extremely rare cetacean hybrid born from a mating of a female common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with a male false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens).
William Scoresby
William Scoresby (5 October 178921 March 1857) was an English whaler, Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman.
See Cetacea and William Scoresby
World Animal Protection
World Animal Protection, formerly The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), is an international non-profit animal welfare organization that has been in operation since 1981.
See Cetacea and World Animal Protection
Zodiac
The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky that extends approximately 8° north and south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year.
10th edition of Systema Naturae
The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.
See Cetacea and 10th edition of Systema Naturae
52-hertz whale
The 52-hertz whale, colloquially referred to as 52 Blue, is an individual whale of unidentified species that calls at the unusual frequency of 52 hertz.
See Cetacea and 52-hertz whale
See also
Cetaceans
- Antarctic whales
- Archaeoceti
- Baleen whales
- Callosity
- Cerro Ballena
- Cetacea
- Cetacean bycatch
- Cetacean intelligence
- Cetacean microbiome
- Cetacean stranding
- Cetaceans of the Caribbean
- Dolphins
- Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act
- Evolution of cetaceans
- Mediterranean cetaceans
- Ocean Giants
- Praekogia
- Toothed whales
- Whale
- Whales
Mammal infraorders
- Adapiformes
- Ancodonta
- Caviomorpha
- Cetacea
- Ctenodactylomorphi
- Hystricognathi
- Lemuriformes
- Viverroidea
Taxa described in 1762
- Cetacea
- Diplolepis (wasp)
- Glis (genus)
- Tapirus
Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson
- Accipiter
- Anser (bird)
- Booby
- Bucco
- Carduelis
- Cetacea
- Cock-of-the-rock
- Ficedula
- Glareola
- Glis (genus)
- Godwit
- Goldenthroat
- Gray and black four-eyed opossum
- Hydrochoerus
- Junglefowl
- Lutra
- Meles (genus)
- Momotus
- Paca
- Pica (genus)
- Pteropus
- Puffin
- Puffinus
- Rhea (bird)
- Scopus (bird)
- Skua
- Southern giraffe
- Sugarbird
- Swamphen
- Tapirus
- Tragulus
- Turnstone
- Vanellus
References
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