List of Arctic cetaceans

This is a list of Arctic cetaceans .

Cetacea

Narwhals

Beluga whales

• Balaenidae ^[1]
  • Bowhead whale (ᐊᕐᕕᖅ, arviq) Balaena mysticetus ^{[2] [3]}
• Balaenopteridae ^[1]
  • Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus ^[4]
  • Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis ^[5]
  • Blue whale (ᐊᕐᕕᖅ ᓂᐊᖁᕐᓗᖕᓂᖅᓴᖅ, ᐃᐸᒃ, arviq niaqurlungniqsaq, ipak) Balaenoptera musculus ^{[3] [6]}
  • Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata ^[7]
  • Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae ^[8]
• Delphinidae ^[1]
  • Killer whale (ᐋᕐᓗ, ᐊᕐᓗᒃ, ᐋᕐᓗᒃ, aarlu, arluk, aarluk) Orcinus orca ^{[3] [9]}
  • Long-finned pilot whale ^[10]
  • Atlantic white-sided dolphin (aarluarsuk) ^[11]
  • White-beaked dolphin ^[12]
• Monodontidae ^[1]
  • Narwhal (ᑑᒑᓕᒃ, tuugaalik, ᕿᓚᓗᒐᖅ ᑑᒑᓕᒃ, qilalugaq tuugaalik) Monodon monoceros ^{[3] [13]}
  • Beluga whale (ᕿᓇᓗᒐᖅ, qilalugaq; Бөлүүгэ) Delphinapterus leucas ^{[3] [14]}
    • Cumberland Sound beluga ^{[15] [16]}
• Mysticeti
  • Gray whale ^[17]
• Phocoenidae ^[1]
  • Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (niisa) ^[18]
• Physeteridae ^[1]
  • Sperm whale (ᑭᒍᑎᓕᒃ, kigutilik) Physeter macrocephalus ^{[3] [19]}
• Ziphiidae ^[1]
  • Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus ^[20]

References

1. "Canada's Marine Mammals". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
2. "Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
3. "LivingDictionary.com - Online casino dictionary". www.livingdictionary.com.
4. "Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
5. "Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
6. "Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
7. "Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
8. "Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
9. "Killer Whale, Orcinus orca". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
10. "Marine Mammals - Long Finned Pilot Whale". www.polarlife.ca.
11. "Marine Mammals - Atlantic White-sided Dolphin". www.polarlife.ca.
12. "Marine Mammals - White-Beaked Dolphin". www.polarlife.ca.
13. "Narwhal, Monodon monoceros". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
14. "Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
15. COSEWIC (2004). COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Beluga Whale Delphinapterus leucas in Canada (PDF) (Report).
16. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (2008). Information Relevant to the Identification of Critical Habitat for Cumberland Sound Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) (PDF) (Report).^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
17. "Canada's Polar Life - Mammals". www.polarlife.ca.
18. "Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
19. "Sperm Whale, Physeter catodon". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
20. "Northern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.