List of Arctic cetaceans explained

This is a list of Arctic cetaceans.

Cetacea

• Balaenidae^[1]
  • Bowhead whale (ᐊᕐᕕᖅ, arviq) Balaena mysticetus^{[2] [3]}
• Balaenopteridae^[1]
  • Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus^[4]
  • Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis^[5]
  • Blue whale (ᐊᕐᕕᖅ ᓂᐊᖁᕐᓗᖕᓂᖅᓴᖅ, ᐃᐸᒃ, arviq niaqurlungniqsaq, ipak) Balaenoptera musculus^{[3] [6]}
  • Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata^[7]
  • Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae^[8]
• Delphinidae^[1]
  • Killer whale (ᐋᕐᓗ, ᐊᕐᓗᒃ, ᐋᕐᓗᒃ, aarlu, arluk, aarluk) Orcinus orca^{[3] [9]}
  • Long-finned pilot whale^[10]
  • Atlantic white-sided dolphin (aarluarsuk)^[11]
  • White-beaked dolphin^[12]
• Monodontidae^[1]
  • Narwhal (ᑑᒑᓕᒃ, tuugaalik, ᕿᓚᓗᒐᖅ ᑑᒑᓕᒃ, qilalugaq tuugaalik) Monodon monoceros^{[3] [13]}
  • Beluga whale (ᕿᓇᓗᒐᖅ, qilalugaq; Бөлүүгэ) Delphinapterus leucas^{[3] [14]}
    • Cumberland Sound beluga^{[15] [16]}
• Mysticeti
  • Gray whale^[17]
• Phocoenidae^[1]
  • Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (niisa)^[18]
• Physeteridae^[1]
  • Sperm whale (ᑭᒍᑎᓕᒃ, kigutilik) Physeter macrocephalus^{[3] [19]}
• Ziphiidae^[1]
  • Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus^[20]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canada's Marine Mammals. www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
2. Web site: Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus. www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
3. Web site: LivingDictionary.com - Online casino dictionary. www.livingdictionary.com.
4. Web site: Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus. www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
5. Web site: Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis. www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
6. Web site: Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus. www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
7. Web site: Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata. www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
8. Web site: Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae. www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
9. Web site: Killer Whale, Orcinus orca. www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
10. Web site: Marine Mammals - Long Finned Pilot Whale. www.polarlife.ca.
11. Web site: Marine Mammals - Atlantic White-sided Dolphin. www.polarlife.ca.
12. Web site: Marine Mammals - White-Beaked Dolphin. www.polarlife.ca.
13. Web site: Narwhal, Monodon monoceros. www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
14. Web site: Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas. www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
15. COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Beluga Whale Delphinapterus leucas in Canada. 2004. COSEWIC. COSEWIC.
16. Information Relevant to the Identification of Critical Habitat for Cumberland Sound Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas). Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 2008.
17. Web site: Canada's Polar Life - Mammals. www.polarlife.ca.
18. Web site: Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena. www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
19. Web site: Sperm Whale, Physeter catodon. www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
20. Web site: Northern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus. www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.