Meet the cetaceans
Whales and dolphins of Madeira
Explore the species recorded in the waters around the Madeira archipelago.
Baleen whales · Toothed whales and dolphins
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Delphinidae
Stenella frontalis
(G. Cuvier, 1829)
Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon densirostris
(Desmarest, 1817)
Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera edeni
Anderson, 1879
Delphinidae
Tursiops truncatus
(Montagu, 1821)
Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Lacépède, 1804
Ziphiidae
Ziphius cavirostris
G. Cuvier, 1823
Kogiidae
Kogia sima
(Owen, 1866)
Delphinidae
Pseudorca crassidens
(Owen, 1846)
Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Delphinidae
Lagenodelphis hosei
Fraser, 1956
Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon europaeus
(Gervais, 1855)
Phocoenidae
Phocoena phocoena
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Balaenopteridae
Megaptera novaeangliae
(Borowski, 1781)
Delphinidae
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Delphinidae
Globicephala melas
(Traill, 1809)
Delphinidae
Peponocephala electra
(Gray, 1846)
Balaenidae
Eubalaena glacialis
(Müller, 1776)
Ziphiidae
Hyperoodon ampullatus
(Forster in Kalm, 1770)
Delphinidae
Stenella attenuata
(Gray, 1846)
Delphinidae
Feresa attenuata
Gray, 1874
Kogiidae
Kogia breviceps
(Blainville, 1838)
Delphinidae
Grampus griseus
(G. Cuvier, 1812)
Delphinidae
Steno bredanensis
(Lesson, 1828)
Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera borealis
Lesson, 1828
Delphinidae
Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Delphinidae
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Gray, 1846
Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon bidens
(Sowerby, 1804)
Physeteridae
Physeter macrocephalus
Linnaeus, 1758
Delphinidae
Stenella coeruleoalba
(Meyen, 1833)