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Whales and Dolphins of Portugal | AtlanticNaturalist.ORG

A guide to some of the most frequently encountered species of whales and dolphins in Portugal Mainland, Azores and Madeira archipelagos

Short-beaked Common Dolphin 1
Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 2
Tursiops truncatus
Risso's Dolphin 3
Grampus griseus
Striped Dolphin 4
Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 5
Stenella frontalis
Fraser's Dolphin 6
Lagenodelphis hosei
Harbour Porpoise 7
Phocoena phocoena
Orca 3
Orcinus orca
False Killer Whale 8
Pseudorca crassidens
Short-finned Pilot Whale 9
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Long-finned Pilot Whale 10
Globicephala melas
Sperm Whale 11
Physeter macrocephalus
Pygmy Sperm Whale 12
Kogia breviceps
Dwarf Sperm Whales 13
Kogiidae
North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale 14
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Sowerby's Beaked Whale 5
Mesoplodon bidens
Gervais' Beaked Whale 15
Mesoplodon europaeus
True's Beaked Whale 16
Mesoplodon mirus
Blainville's Beaked Whale 17
Mesoplodon densirostris

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