Bryde’s whale
(Balaenoptera edeni)
Cetaceans are divided into 3 suborders
TOOTHED WHALES (ODONTOCETI)
WITH 5 FAMILIES
Dolphins (Delphinidae)
Beaked whales (Ziphidiae)
Sperm whales (Physeteridae)
Narwhal & Beluga (Monodontidae)
Porpoises (Phocoenidae)
BALEEN WHALES (MYSTICETI)
WITH 4 FAMILIES
Right whales (Balaenidae)
Pygmy Right whales (Neobalaenidae)
Grey whales (Eschrichtiidae)
Rorquals (Balaenopteridae)
EXTINCT ANCIENT WHALES (ARCHAEOCETI)
The ancient whales were primitive cetaceans that lived on earth around 50-20 Million years ago.They lived amphibiously in shallow coastal waters.
Whales & dolphins around Madeira (island)
Dolphins
Bottlenose dolphin
(Tursiops truncatus)
Striped dolphin
(Stenella coeruleoalba)
Rough-toothed dolphin
(Steno bredanensis)
Atlantic spotted dolphin
(Stenella frontalis)
Short-finned pilot whale
(Globicephala macrorhynchus)
False killer whale
(Pseudorca crassidens)
Short-beaked common dolphin
(Delphinus delphis)
Risso’s dolphin
(Grampus griseus)
Orca
(Orcinus orca)
Pygmy Killer Whale
(Feresa attenuata)
Rorquals
Blue whale
(Balaenoptera musculus)
Sei whale
(Balaenoptera borealis)
Humpback whale
(Megaptera novaeangliae)
Fin whale
(Balaenoptera physalus)
Common minke whale
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
Sperm Whales
Sperm whale
(Physeter macrocephalus)
Dwarf sperm whale
(Kogia simus)
Pygmy sperm whale
(Kogia breviceps)
Beaked Whales
Blainville’s beaked whale
(Mesoplodon densirostris)
Cuvier’s beaked whale
(Ziphius cavirostris)
Sowerby’s beaked whale
(Mesoplodon bidens)
Right Whales
North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
. . . & more
Black scabbardfish
(Aphanopus carbo)
Atlantic Flying Fish
(Cheilopogon melanurus)
Loggerhead sea turtle
(Caretta caretta)
Manta ray
(Manta birostris)
Giant Devil ray
(Mobula mobula)
Hammerhead shark
(Sphyrna zygaena)
Goose barnacles
(Lepas anatifera)
Portuguese man o’ war
(Physalia physalis)
Mediterranean Monk Seal
(Monachus monachus)
Bulwer’s petrel
(Bulweria bulwerii)
Manx shearwater
(Puffinus puffinus)
Cory’s shearwater
(Calonectris diomedia borealis)
Ilustrations by Katrin Waehner.