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Order: Cetacea
-Suborder: Mysticeti (baleen whales)
--Family: Balaenidae (right whales and bowhead whale)
---Genus: Balaena
----Balaena mysticetus (bowhead whale)
---Genus: Eubalaena
----Eubalaena australis (Southern right whale)
----Eubalaena glacialis (North Atlantic right whale)
----Eubalaena japonica (North Pacific right whale)
--Family: Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
---Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
----Genus: Balaenoptera
-----Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Common Minke Whale)
-----Balaenoptera bonaerensis (Antarctic Minke Whale)
-----Balaenoptera borealis (Sei Whale)
-----Balaenoptera brydei (Bryde's Whale)
-----Balaenoptera edeni (Eden's whale)
-----Balaenoptera musculus (Blue Whale)
-----Balaenoptera omurai
-----Balaenoptera physalus (Fin Whale)
---Subfamily: Megapterinae
----Genus: Eobalaenoptera
-----Eobalaenoptera harrisoni (Harrison's Whale)
----Genus: Megaptera
-----Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale)
--Family: Eschrichtiidae
---Genus: Eschrichtiidae
----Eschrichtius robustus (Gray Whale)
--Family: Neobalaenidae (pygmy right whale)
---Genus: Caperea
----Caperea marginata (Pygmy Right Whale)
-Suborder: Odontoceti (toothed whales)
--Family: Delphinidae: Dolphin
---Genus: Cephalorhynchus
----Cephalorhyncus commersonii (Commerson's Dolphin)
----Cephalorhyncus eutropia (Chilean Dolphin)
----Cephalorhyncus heavisidii (Heaviside's Dolphin)
----Cephalorhyncus hectori (Hector's Dolphin)
---Genus: Delphinus
----Delphinus capensis (Long-beaked Common Dolphin)
----Delphinus delphis (Short-beaked Common Dolphin)
----Delphinus tropicalis (Arabian Common Dolphin)
---Genus: Feresa
----Feresa attenuata (Pygmy Killer Whale)
---Genus: Globicephala
----Globicephala macrorhyncus (Short-finned Pilot Whale)
----Globicephala melas (Long-finned Pilot Whale)
---Genus: Grampus
----Grampus griseus (Risso's Dolphin)
---Genus: Lagenodelphis
----Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser's Dolphin)
---Genus: Lagenorhynchus
----Lagenorhynchus acutus (Atlantic White-sided Dolphin)
----Lagenorhynchus albirostris (White-beaked Dolphin)
----Lagenorhynchus australis (Peale's Dolphin)
----Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Hourglass Dolphin)
----Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Pacific White-sided Dolphin)
----Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Dusky Dolphin)
---Genus: Lissodelphis
----Lissodelphis borealis (Northern Right Whale Dolphin)
----Lissodelphis peronii (Southern Right Whale Dolphin)
---Genus: Orcaella
----Orcaella brevirostris (Irrawaddy Dolphin)
----Orcaella heinsohni (Australian Snubfin Dolphin)
---Genus: Orcinus
----Orcinus orca (Killer Whale)
---Genus: Peponocephala
----Peponocephala electra (Melon-headed Whale)
---Genus: Pseudorca
----Pseudorca crassidens (False Killer Whale)
---Genus: Sotalia
----Sotalia fluviatilis (Tucuxi)
----Sotalia guianensis (Costero)
---Genus: Sousa
----Sousa chinensis (Pacific Humpback Dolphin)
----Sousa plumbea (Indian Humpback Dolphin)
----Sousa teuszii (Atlantic Humpback Dolphin)
---Genus: Stenella
----Stenella attenuata (Pantropical Spotted Dolphin)
----Stenella clymene (Clymene Dolphin)
----Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped Dolphin)
----Stenella frontalis (Atlantic Spotted Dolphin)
----Stenella longirostris (Spinner Dolphin)
---Genus: Steno
----Steno bredanensis (Rough-toothed Dolphin)
---Genus: Tursiops
----Tursiops aduncus (Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dolphin)
----Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin)
--Family: Kogiidae
---Genus: Kogia
----Kogia breviceps (Pygmy Sperm Whale)
----Kogia sima (Dwarf Sperm Whale)
--Family: Monodontidae
---Genus: Delphinapterus
----Delphinapterus leucas (Beluga)
---Genus: Monodon
----Monodon monoceros (Narwhal)
--Family: Phocoenidae: Porpoises
---Genus: Neophocaena
----Neophocaena phocaenoides (Finless Porpoise)
---Genus: Phocoena
----Phocoena dioptrica (Spectacled Porpoise)
----Phocoena phocaena (Harbour Porpoise)
----Phocoena sinus (Vaquita)
----Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's Porpoise)
---Genus: Phocoenoides
----Phocoenoides dalli (Dall's Porpoise)
--Family: Physeteridae: Sperm Whale family
---Genus: Physeter
----Physeter catodon (Sperm Whale)
--Family: Ziphidae (Beaked whales)
---Genus: Berardius
----Berardius arnuxii (Arnoux's Beaked Whale)
----Berardius bairdii (Baird's Beaked Whale (North Pacific Bottlenose Whale))
---Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
----Genus: Hyperoodon
-----Hyperoodon ampullatus (Northern Bottlenose Whale)
-----Hyperoodon planifrons (Southern Bottlenose Whale)
----Genus: Indopacetus
-----Indopacetus pacificus (Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale (Longman's Beaked Whale))
----Genus: Mesoplodon
-----Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby's Beaked Whale)
-----Mesoplodon bowdoini (Andrews' Beaked Whale)
-----Mesoplodon carlhubbsi (Hubbs' Beaked Whale)
-----Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville's Beaked Whale)
-----Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais' Beaked Whale)
-----Mesoplodon ginkgodens (Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale)
-----Mesoplodon grayi (Gray's Beaked Whale)
-----Mesoplodon hectori (Hector's Beaked Whale)
-----Mesoplodon layardii (Layard's Beaked Whale)
-----Mesoplodon mirus (True's Beaked Whale)
-----Mesoplodon perrini (Perrin's Beaked Whale)
-----Mesoplodon peruvianus (Pygmy Beaked Whale)
-----Mesoplodon stejnegeri (Stejneger's Beaked Whale)
-----Mesoplodon traversii (Spade Toothed Whale)
----Genus: Tasmacetus
-----Tasmacetus shepherdi (Tasman Beaked Whale (Shepherd's Beaked Whale))
----Genus: Ziphius
-----Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's Beaked Whale)
--Superfamily Platanistoidea: River dolphins
---Family: Iniidae
----Genus: Inia
-----Inia geoffrensis (Amazon River Dolphin)
---Family: Lipotidae
----Genus: Lipotes
-----Lipotes vexillifer (Baiji)
---Family: Platanistidae
----Genus: Platanista
-----Platanista gangetica (Ganges and Indus River Dolphin)
---Family: Pontoporiidae
----Genus: Pontoporia
-----Pontoporia blainvillei (Franciscana)
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anterior spermaceti organ
CT head melon bursa bursae skull skin
CT head melon bursa nasal passage brain pterygoid sinnus hyoid
CT head skin skull mandible fat body hyoid theca melon nasal passage ear
CT head skull bursae bursa melon
CT head skull bursae bursa melon skin
CT hyoid brain pterygoid theca melon bursae bursa
CT melon bursa bursae mandible hyoid theca skull fat body
CT melon bursa bursae skull skin
CT melon bursa nasal passage brain pterygoid sinus hyoid
CT melon hyoid pterygoid sinus theca bursae bursa
CT skin skull mandible fat body hyoid theca melon
CT skull
CT skull bursa
CT skull bursa melon
CT skull bursa nasal passage
CT skull bursae bursa
CT skull bursae bursa melon
CT skull bursae bursa theca
CT skull dense connective tissue reflector adult male Ziphius
CT skull ear
CT skull ears
CT skull fat body ear
CT skull fat body ear ears
CT skull fat body ear hyoid
CT skull fat body ears
CT skull head melon bursa nasal passage mandible fat body ear
CT skull head melon bursa nasal passage mandible fat body pterygoid sinus ear hyoid
CT skull head melon bursa nasal passage manndible fat body pterygoid sinus ear hyoid
CT skull head skin melon bursa mandible hyoid nasal passage fat body ear
CT skull hyoid pterygoid sinus
CT skull mandible bursa melon nasal passage ear fat
CT skull mandible fat body ear
CT skull mandible fat body hyoid ear
CT skull mandible theca bursae bursa melon
CT skull melon anterior spermaceti organ adult male Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale
CT skull melon bursa
CT skull melon bursa bony nasal passage pterygoid sinus apparatus
CT skull melon bursa ear
CT skull melon bursa fat body ear
CT skull melon bursa mandible fat body ear
CT skull melon bursa nasal passage fat body pterygoid sinus hyoid apparatus
CT skull melon bursa nasal passage mandible fat body ear
CT skull melon bursa nasal passage mandible fat body pterygoid sinus ear hyoid
CT skull melon bursa nasal passage pterygoid sinus hyoid
CT skull melon bursae bursa
CT skull melon bursae bursa ear
CT skull melon bursae nasal passage fat bodies hyoid
CT skull melon bursae nasal passage pterygoid sinus hyoid
CT skull nasal passage pterygoid sinus hyoid
CT skull theca bursae bursa
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Ziphius Cuvier's Beaked Whale skull CT still image adult male
Ziphius skull peribullary sinuses

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