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Whales are some of the most fascinating and awe-inspiring animals on Earth. As members of the cetacean group—which also includes dolphins and porpoises—they are fully adapted to life in the ocean, despite being mammals that breathe air, give birth to live young, and nurse their calves.
Cetaceans are a group (Cetacea) of marine mammals comprising all whales, dolphins and porpoises. On this page you’ll find out what cetaceans are, cetacean characteristics, the different types of cetaceans, and examples of cetaceans…
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A cetacean is a member of the …
A list of the different types of whales that includes every living whale species, from the smallest (the dwarf sperm whale), to the largest (the blue whale).
Interactive Table Of Whale Species
Whales are marine mammals belonging to the group Cetacea, which also includes dolphins and porpoises. Whales are known for their large size, with many whale species weighing several tonnes.
Although descended from land animals, whales are fully adapted to aquatic life, possessing streamlined bodies for efficient swimming, flippers for maneuvering, and a paddle-like tail, known as a fluke, for propulsion.
Despite living in the ocean, whales are air-breathing animals and therefore have to surface periodically in order to breathe via a blowhole on …