This introductory course describes the common and scientific names of oceanic dolphins, river dolphins, and whales in the dolphin family.

KINGDOM:	Animalia
PHYLUM:	Cordata
CLASS:	Mammalia
ORDER:	Cetacea
SUBORDER:	Odontoceti (Toothed)
GENUS:	First half of scientific name
SPECIES:	Second half of scientific name

OCEAN DOLPHINS
Common Name:	Scientific Name:
Rough-Toothed Dolphin	Steno bredanensis
Indo-Pacific Hump-Backed Dolphin	Sousa chinensis
Atlantic Hump-Backed Dolphin	Sousa teuszii
Tucuxi	Sotalia fluviatilis
Bottlenose Dolphin	Tursiops truncatus
Spinner Dolphin	Stenella longirostris
Clymene Dolphin	Stenella clymene
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin	Stenella frontalis
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin	Stenella attenuata
Striped Dolphin	Stenella coeruleoalba
Fraser's Dolphin	Lagenodelphis hosei
White-Beaked Dolphin	Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin	Lagenorhynchus acutus
Pacific White-Sided Dolphin	Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Dusky Dolphin	Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Peale's Dolphin	Lagenorhychus australis
Hourglass Dolphin	Lagenorhychus cruciger
Commerson's Dolphin	Cephalorhynchus commersonii
Heaviside's Dolphin	Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
Black Dolphin	Cephalorhynchus eutropia
Hector's Dolphin	Cephalorhynchus hectori
Risso's Dolphin	Grampus griseus
RIVER DOLPHINS
Common Name:	Scientific Name:
Ganges River Dolphin	Platanista gangetica
Indus River Dolphin	Platanista minor
Amazon River Dolphin	Inia geoffrensisboto
Yangtze River Dolphin	Lipotes vexillifer baiji
La Plata River Dolphin	Pontoporia blainvillei franciscana
DOLPHINS THAT ARE CALLED WHALES
Common Name:	Scientific Name:
Orca (Killer Whale)	Orcinus orca
False Killer Whale	Pseudorca crassidens
Pygmy Killer Whale	Feresa attenuata
Melon-Headed Whale	Peponocephala electra
Long-Finned Pilot Whale	Globicephala melas
Short-Finned Pilot Whale	Globicephala macrorhynchus