Whales

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Did you know that the waters of UK and Europe are home to over a third of the whale, dolphin and porpoise species worldwide?

Beluga whale

Delphinapterus leucas

Blue whale

Balaenoptera musculus

Bowhead whale

Balaena mysticetus

Bryde’s whale

Balaenoptera edeni

Cuvier’s beaked whale

Ziphius cavirostris

Dwarf sperm whale

Kogia sima

Fin whale

Balaenoptera physalus

Humpback whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

Minke whale (Northern)

Balaenoptera actutorostrata

Narwhal

Monodon monoceros

North Atlantic Right whale

Eubalaena glacialis

Northern bottlenose whale

Hyperoodon ampullatus

Sei whale

Balaenoptera borealis

Sowerby’s beaked whale

Mesoplodon bidens

Sperm whale

Physeter macrocephalus

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