Wikipedia:WikiReader/Cetacea

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The WikiReader Cetacea should be the first of a number of zoological and biological Readers in the English Wikipedia. A German Reader already exists and will be printed in some weeks (for mor information use de:Wikipedia:WikiReader/Wale and The WikiReader Webshop)

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The Reader is in a starting phase. Articles will be collected similar the german version. Some articles (e.g. he different species of the Ziphiidae) should be translated from german. Anyone who is interested should join. -- Achim Raschka 10:13, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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• Cetacea
• Evolution of cetaceans
• Whale song
• ...

• • Suborder Mysticeti: Baleen whales
    • Family Balaenidae: Right whales and Bowhead Whale
      • Genus Balaena
        • Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus
      • Genus Eubalaena
        • Atlantic Northern Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis
        • Pacific Northern Right Whale, Eubalaena japonica
        • Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australia
    • Family Balaenopteridae: Rorquals
      • Subfamily Balaenopterinae
        • Genus Balaenoptera
          • Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus
          • Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis
          • Bryde's Whale, Balaenoptera brydei
          • Pygmy Bryde's Whale, (Eden's Whale) Balaenoptera edeni
          • Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus
          • Northern Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
          • Southern Minke Whale, (Antarctic Minke Whale) Balaenoptera bonaerensis
          • Balaenoptera omurai, discovery announced November 2003. No common name yet in usage
      • Subfamily Megapterinae
        • Genus Megaptera
          • Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
    • † Genus Eobalaenoptera
      • † Eobalaenoptera harrisoni, fossil species first discovered June 2004. No common name.
    • Family Eschrichtiidae
      • Genus Eschrichtius
        • Gray Whale, Eschrichtius robustus
    • Family Neobalaenidae: Pygmy Right Whale
      • Genus Caperea
        • Pygmy Right Whale, Caperea marginata
  • Suborder Odontoceti: toothed whales
    • Superfamily Platanistoidea: River dolphins
      • Family Iniidae
        • Genus Inia
          • Amazon River Dolphin, Inia geoffrensis
      • Family Lipotidae
        • Genus Lipotes
          • Chinese River Dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer
      • Family Platanistidae
        • Genus Platanista
          • Ganges and Indus River Dolphin, Platanista gangetica
      • Family Pontoporiidae
        • Genus Pontoporia
          • La Plata Dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei
    • Family Monodontidae
      • Genus Monodon
        • Narwhal, Monodon monocerus
      • Genus Delphinapterus
        • Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas
    • Family Phocoenidae: Porpoises
      • Genus Neophocaena
        • Finless Porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides
      • Genus Phocoena
        • Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocaena
        • Vaquita, Phocoena sinus
        • Spectacled Porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica
        • Burmeister's Porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis
      • Genus Phocoenoides
        • Dall's Porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli
    • Family Physeteridae: Sperm Whale family
      • Genus Physeter
        • Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus
    • Family Kogiidae
      • Genus Kogia
        • Dwarf Sperm Whale, Kogia sima
        • Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps
    • Family Ziphidae, Beaked whales
      • Genus Ziphius
        • Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Ziphius cavirostris
      • Genus Berardius
        • Arnoux's Beaked Whale, Berardius arnuxii
        • Baird's Beaked Whale (North Pacific Bottlenose Whale), Berardius bairdii
      • Genus Tasmacetus
        • Tasman Beaked Whale (Shepherd's Beaked Whale), Tasmacetus shepherdi
      • Subfamily Hyperoodontidae
        • Genus Indopacetus
          • Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale (Longman's Beaked Whale), Indopacetus pacificus
        • Genus Hyperoodon
          • Northern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus
          • Southern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon planifrons
        • Genus Mesoplodon, Mesoplodont Whale
          • Hector's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon hectori
          • True's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon mirus
          • Gervais' Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon europaeus
          • Sowerby's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon bidens
          • Gray's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon grayi
          • Pygmy Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon peruvianus
          • Andrew's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon bowdoini
          • Bahamonde's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon bahamondi
          • Hubbs' Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
          • Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens
          • Stejneger's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon stejnegeri
          • Layard's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon layardii
          • Blainville's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon densirostris
    • Family Delphinidae: Dolphin
      • Genus Cephalorhynchus
        • Commerson's Dolphin, Cephalorhyncus commersonii
        • Chilean Dolphin, Cephalorhyncus eutropia
        • Heaviside's Dolphin, Cephalorhyncus heavisidii
        • Hector's Dolphin, Cephalorhyncus hectori
      • Genus Steno
        • Rough-toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis
      • Genus Sousa
        • Atlantic Humpback Dolphin, Sousa teuszi
        • Indian Humpback Dolphin, Sousa plumbea
        • Pacific Humpback Dolphin, Sousa chinensis
      • Genus Sotalia
        • Tucuxi, Sotalia fluviatilis
      • Genus Tursiops
        • Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
        • Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops aduncus
      • Genus Stenella
        • Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Stenella attenuata
        • Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, Stenella frontalis
        • Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris
        • Clymene Dolphin, Stenella clymene
        • Striped Dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
      • Genus Delphinus
        • Short-beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis
        • Long-beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus capensis
        • (Arabian Common Dolphin, Delphinus tropicalis)
      • Genus Lagenodelphis
        • Fraser's Dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
      • Genus Lagenorhynchus
        • White-beaked Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris
        • Atlantic White-sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus
        • Pacific White-sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
        • Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
        • Black-chinned Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis
        • Hourglass Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger
      • Genus Lissodelphis
        • Northern Right Whale Dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis
        • Southern Right Whale Dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii
      • Genus Grampus
        • Risso's Dolphin, Grampus griseus
      • Genus Peponocephala
        • Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephala electra
      • Genus Feresa
        • Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata
      • Genus Pseudorca
        • False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens
      • Genus Orcinus
        • Orca, Orcinus orca
      • Genus Globicephala
        • Long-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melas
        • Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhyncus
      • Genus Orcaella
        • Irrawaddy Dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris

• Whaling
• History of whaling
• ...
• Exploding whale
• Cetus

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