Whale Stamps

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Order: Cetacea

Suborder: Archaeoceti  –  the formative “original” cetaceans

Suborder: Odontoceti  –  “toothed” whales(only modern, living species listed)

Suborder: Mysticeti  – whales with baleen (only modern, living species listed)

Family: Balaenidae  –  right  whales

Balaena mysticetus, bowhead whale

Eubalaena glacialis, North Atlantic right whale

E. japonica, North Pacific right whale

E. australis, southern right whale

Family: Neobalaenidae

Caperea marginata, pygmy right whale

Family: Balaenopteridae  –  rorqual whales

Balaenoptera musculus, blue whale

B. physalus, fin whale

B. borealis, sei whale

B. brydei, Bryde’s whale

B. edeni, pygmy Bryde’s whale

B. omurai, ‘Indo-Pacific rorqual whale’

B. acutorostrata, northern minke whale

B. bonaerensis, Antarctic minke whale

Megaptera novaeangliae, humpback whale

Family: Eschrichtiidae

Eschrichtius robustus, gray whale

Suborder: Odontoceti

Family: Physeteridae

Physeter macrocephalus, great sperm whale

Family: Kogiidae

Kogia breviceps, pygmy sperm whale

K. sima, dwarf sperm whale

Family: Ziphiidae  –  beaked whales

Ziphius cavirostris, goosebeak whale

Berardius bairdii, north Pacific bottlenose whale

B. arnuxii, Arnoux’s beaked whale

Tasmacetus shepherdi, Shepherd’s beaked whale

Indopacetus pacificus, tropical bottlenose whale

Hyperoodon ampullatus, North Atlantic bottlenose beaked whale

H. planifrons, southern bottlenose whale

Mesoplodon hectori, Hector’s beaked whale

M. mirus, True’s beaked whale

M. europaeus, Gulf Stream beaked whale

M. bidens, North Atlantic beaked whale

M. grayi, Gray’s beaked whale

M. peruvianus, pygmy beaked whale

M. bowdoini, Andrews’ beaked whale

M. traversii, spade-toothed whale

M. carlhubbsi, Hubbs’ beaked whale

M. ginkgodens, ginkgo-toothed whale

M. stejnegeri, Bering Sea beaked whale

M. layardii, strapped-toothed whale

M. perrini, Perrin’s beaked whale

M. densirostris, densebeak whale

Family: Monodontidae

Delphinapterus leucas, beluga

Monodon monoceros, narwhal