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Cetacea
- Order within the Infraclass Eutheria
- Whales, dolphins, porpoises
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Mysticeti
- Suborders within the Order Cetacea
- baleen whales
- 1. No teeth
- 2. baleen
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Balaenidae
- Family with the Suborders Mysticeti
- Right whales, bowhead whale
- 1. Huge head
- 2. Long baleen
- 3. Mouth turned downward
- 4. No grooves in throat
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Balaenopteridae
- Family within the Suborders Mysticeti
- Rorquals
- 1. Straight mouth
- 2. Short baleen
- 3. Numerous ventral pleats in throat
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Eschrichtiidae
- Family within the Suborders Mysticeti
- Gray whales
- No lab specimen
- 1. 2 ventral pleats
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Odontoceti
- Suborders within the Order Cetacea
- Toothed whales
- 1. No baleen
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Delphinidae
- Family within the suborder Odontoceti
- Dolphins, killer whale
- 1. no boss on premaxilla
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Monodontidae
- Family within the suborders Odontoceti
- Beluga, narwhal
- no lab specimen
- 1. No boss on premaxilla
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Phoncoenidae
- Family within the suborders Odontoceti
- porpoises
- 1. Snout without distinct beak
- 2. Prominent boss on premaxilla
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Physeteridae
- Family within the suborder Odontoceti
- Sperm whale
- No lab specimen
- 1. Heads square in shape
- (Monstro from Pinocchio)
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