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Odontoceti
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Odontoceti
the suborder of toothed whales. Includes sperm whales, porpoises, grampuses, dolphins, beaked whales, bottle-nosed whales and narwhals.
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It is likely, they conclude, that the ability to produce double pulses is shared by other whales in the same sub-order known as odontocete cetaceans -- whales with teeth -- such as killer, pilot and sperm whales.
Whale sonar: Two pings are better than one by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Out of 497 photographed sightings, 445 were determined to be usable in the analysis, and of these sightings, 47 displayed Xenobalanus: 38 odontocete sightings and 9 mysticete sightings.
Prevalence of the commensal barnacle Xenobalanus globicipitis on ... by Kane, Emily A.; Olson, Paula A.; Gerrodette, Tim; Fiedler, Paul C. / Fishery Bulletin
Concentrations of PCBs as high as 300 [micro]g/g (lipid weight basis) have been recorded in odontocete blubber (Ross et al.
Systemic effects of arctic pollutants in beluga whales indicated by ... by Stegeman, John J. / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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