Cetacea (whales)
The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
- SubMysticeti
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata LR/nt
- Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis EN
- Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera edeni DD
- Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus EN
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Subfamily: Megapterinae
- Genus: Megaptera
- Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae VU
- Genus: Megaptera
- Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- SubOdontoceti
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
- Family: Phocoenidae
- Genus: Neophocaena
- Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides DD
- Genus: Neophocaena
- Family: Kogiidae
- Genus: Kogia
- Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps LR/lc
- Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima LR/lc
- Genus: Kogia
- Family: Ziphidae
- Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris DD
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
- Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
- Genus: Steno
- Rough-toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis DD
- Genus: Sousa
- Sousa chinensis DD
- Genus: Tursiops
- Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus DD
- Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus DD
- Genus: Stenella
- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata LR/cd
- Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris LR/cd
- Genus: Lagenodelphis
- Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei DD
- Genus: Grampus
- Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus DD
- Genus: Peponocephala
- Melon-headed Whale Peponocephala electra LR/lc
- Genus: Orcinus
- Orca Orcinus orca LR/cd
- Genus: Orcaella
- Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris DD
- Genus: Steno
- Family: Phocoenidae
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
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