Toothed Dolphins and Whales of Hawaii
Kingdom: ANIMALIA — Animals
Phylum: CHORDATA — Chordates
Subphylum: VERTEBRATA — Animals with backbones
Class: MAMMALIA — Mammals
Order: CETACEA — Whales, dolphins and porpoises
Suborder: ODONTOCETI — Toothed Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
Family: PHYSETERIDAE — Sperm Whales
· Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus
· Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps
· Dwarf Sperm Whale, Kogia simus
Family: ZIPHIIDAE — Beaked Whales
· Cuvier’s Beaked Whale, Ziphius cavirostris
· Baird’s Beaked Whale, Berardius bairdii
· Blainville’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon densirostris
Family: DELPHINIDAE — Oceanic Dolphins
· Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephala electra
· Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata
· False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens
· Killer Whale, Orcinus orca
· Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
· Rough-toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis
· Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
· Fraser’s Dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
· Striped Dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
· Spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata
· Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris
