Beaked whales are members of the cetacean family Ziphiidae, noted as being one of the least-known groups of mammals because of their deep-sea habitat, reclusive behavior and apparent low abundance. On
All known beaked whales as of 2007
Blainville's beaked whale
The toothed whales are a parvorder of cetaceans that includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other whales with teeth, such as beaked whales and the sperm whales. 73 species of toothed whales are describ
Beaked whale
…Infraorder Cetacea Parvorder Odontoceti: toothed whales Family Ziphiidae Incertae sedis Genus †Anoplonassa Genus †Caviziphius Genus †Cetorhynchus Genus †Eboroziphius Genus †Ninoziphius Genus…
A whale as depicted by Conrad Gessner, 1587, in his Historiae animalium
Pacific white-sided dolphins porpoising
Spectrogram of dolphin vocalizations. Whistles, whines, and clicks are visible as upside down V's, horizontal striations, and vertical lines, respectively.