Toothed whale (redirect from Odontocetes) The toothed whales (also called odontocetes, systematic name Odontoceti) are a parvorder of cetaceans that includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other... 85 KB (9,466 words) - 10:44, 16 April 2024 |
related to Delphinoidea than to the South Asian river dolphin. The extinct odontocete families Allodelphinidae and Squalodelphinidae are closely related to... 3 KB (306 words) - 04:21, 25 March 2024 |
particular characteristics of the melon probably have more to do with odontocete phylogeny, the taxonomic relationships over evolutionary time. In some... 9 KB (1,092 words) - 17:10, 10 April 2024 |
Whale vocalization (section Odontocete whales) whale). Odontocetes produce rapid bursts of high-frequency clicks that are thought to be primarily for echolocation. Specialized organs in an odontocete produce... 46 KB (5,255 words) - 04:24, 22 April 2024 |
Whale (section Odontocetes) Cetotheriidae (the pygmy right whale), and Eschrichtiidae (the grey whale). Odontocetes include the Monodontidae (belugas and narwhals), Physeteridae (the sperm... 107 KB (12,015 words) - 17:56, 29 March 2024 |
Porpoises feed largely on fish and squid, much like the rest of the odontocetes. Little is known about reproductive behaviour. Females may have one calf... 54 KB (6,088 words) - 13:45, 18 March 2024 |
Bohaskaia is an extinct genus of beluga-like odontocete cetacean known from the Early Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina, United States. It was first... 1 KB (92 words) - 06:03, 9 February 2024 |
Haborodelphis is an extinct genus of beluga-like odontocete cetacean known from the Early Pliocene from the north-west Pacific. It was first named by Hiroto... 1 KB (71 words) - 12:52, 17 February 2024 |