• warm-blooded; that is, they have a relatively constant body

temperature independent of the temperature of their surroundings.

• bear live young.
CLASS : • (female) has mammary glands, which secrete milk for the
mamalia nourishment of the young after birth.

• Any of the exclusively aquatic placental mammals constituting the order Cetacea.
• have a tapered body, no external hind limbs, and a tail ending in a horizontal blade of
two lobes, or flukes.
ORDER : • Cetaceans must come to the water's surface to breathe through blowholes located
CETACEA on top of their head.
• Whales: ancient whales, Baleen whales and Toothed whales

• This group includes Dolphins, Porpoises, Killer whales (Orcas) and Sperm Whales.
• consisting of lots of identical peg-like (but often very sharp!) teeth to catch their
SUB-OR DER : slippery prey.
Odontoceti • predators on fish or other fast swimming and fairly large prey such as squid.
(toothed
Whales)

• Dolphins: Kinds: Cephalorhynchus, Delphinus, Feresa, Globicephala, Grampus,

Lagenodelphis, Lagenorhynchus, Lissodelphis, Orcaella, Orcinus, Peponocephala,
FAMILY: Pseudorca, Sotalia, Sousa, Stenella, Steno, Tursiops
Delphinidae

• Orcas, or killer whales, are the largest of the dolphins and one of the world's most
powerful predators.
• Average life span in the wild:
GENIUS • 50 to 80 years
SPECIES: • Weight:
Orcinus Orca • Up to 6 tons (5,443 kg)
• Size is relative to a bus