Wildlife of Virginia

A guide to the wildlife of Virginia.

Gervais' Beaked Whale 1
Mesoplodon europaeus
Blainville's Beaked Whale 2
Mesoplodon densirostris
True's Beaked Whale 3
Mesoplodon mirus
North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale 4
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Cuvier's Beaked Whale 5
Ziphius cavirostris
Common Porpoise 6
Phocoena phocoena
Pygmy Sperm Whale 7
Kogia breviceps
Dwarf Sperm Whale 8
Kogia sima
Gray Whale 9
Eschrichtius robustus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 10
Tursiops truncatus
Striped Dolphin 11
Stenella coeruleoalba
Clymene Dolphin 12
Stenella clymene
Spinner Dolphin 13
Stenella longirostris
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin 14
Stenella attenuata
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 15
Stenella frontalis
Orca 16
Orcinus orca
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 17
Delphinus delphis
Long-finned Pilot Whale 18
Globicephala melas
Short-finned Pilot Whale 19
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Risso's Dolphin 20
Grampus griseus
Minke Whale 21
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Blue Whale 22
Balaenoptera musculus
Eden's Whale 4
Balaenoptera edeni
Sei Whale 23
Balaenoptera borealis
Fin Whale 24
Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale 25
Megaptera novaeangliae
North Atlantic Right Whale 26
Eubalaena glacialis

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  • 3. (c) Figure 8 from article: Aguilar de Soto N, Martín V, Silva M, Edler R, Reyes C, Carrillo M, Schiavi A, Morales T, García-Ovide B, Sanchez-Mora A, Garcia-Tavero N, Steiner L, Scheer M, Gockel R, Walker D, Villa E, Szlama P, Eriksson IK, Tejedor M, Perez-Gil, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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