Short-finned Pilot Whale
Relatives in same Genus
Long-finned Pilot Whale (G. melas) ...
Short-finned pilot whale
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Pilot whales belong to a group of cetaceans known as the 'blackfish', which are actually dolphins. This group includes orcas and melon-headed whales.
Subspecies
None.
short-finned pilot whale, shortfin pilot whale, Pacific pilot whale
KINGDOM:
Animalia ...
short-finned pilot whale, shortfin pilot whale, Pacific pilot whale
KINGDOM:
Animalia ...
Short-finned Pilot Whale
Order: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
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Short-finned Pilot Whale (G. macrorhynchus) Â- Long-finned Pilot Whale (G. melas)
Grampus
Risso's Dolphin (G. griseus) ...
Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
Pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata)
Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
Long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis)
Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene) ...
There are an estimated 1 million long-finned pilot whales and approximately 200,000 short-finned pilot whales worldwide. Pilot whales have been hunted for their meat, bone, oil, and for fertilizer, a practice which continues in some areas.
Two species are possible in New England waters the Long-finned Pilot Whale ranges more to the north and the Short-finned Pilot Whale to the south of Cape Cod. It is not possible to reliably separate the two in the field.
Also called Blackfish.
Baird's beaked whale
Blue whale (North Pacific)
Bowhead whale
Gray whale Northeast Pacific population
Northern bottlenose whale
Southern bottlenose whale
Short-finned pilot whale
Southern right whale ...
Other possible species include Striped , Spinner and, Rough-toothed dolphin, Risso's Dolphin (Grampus), Fraser's Dolphin, Melonheaded Whale, Short-finned Pilot Whale, Dwarf Sperm Whale, Beaked Whale, and others.
Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
Southeastern Myotis (Myotis austroriparius)
Southern Yellow Bat (Lasiurus ega)
Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) ...
 See also: Pilot whale, Whale, Dolphin, Bottlenose, Squid
  
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