Types of Porpoises Types of Dolphins
Burmeister's Common
Dall's Bottlenose
Finless Dusky
Harbor Clymene
Spectacled Pacific White-Sided
Vaquita Atlantic White-Sided
Killer Whale
Fraser's
Hourglass
Atlantic Hump-Backed
Atlantic Spotted
Black
Commerson's
Flase Killer Whale
Heaviside's
Types of River Dolphins Hector's
Amazon Indo-Pacific Humped Backed
Franciscana Irrawaddy
Indus or Ganges Long-Finned Pilot Whale
Yangtze Long-Snout Spinner
Tucuxi or Buffeo Melon Headed Whale
Northern Right-Whale Dolphin
Pantropical Spotted
Peale's
Pygmykiller Whale
Risso's
Rough-Toothed
Short-Finned Pilot Whale
Southern Right-Whale Dolphin
Striped
Tuchzi
White-Beaked
Facts About Dolphins
1.) Most dolphins die at 2.) Dolphins will risk their
the age of ten but some own life to help others in
can live up to fifty years their pod
3.) Largest dolphin is the 4.) Dolphins can hold their
Bottlenose dolphin breathe for 5-8 minutes
(9 feet and 440 pounds)
6.) Dolphins can dive up to
5.) Smallest dolphin is the 650 feet
Buffeo dolphin (3.9 feet and
66 pounds 7.) Dolphins shed outer layer
of skin every 2 hours
| Porpoises | Ocean | River Dolphins | Ocean | Dolphins | Ocean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dall's | North Pacific | Amazon | Yarapa River | Hourglass | Southern Oceans |
| Finless | Pacific/Indian | Franciscana | Southern Oceans | Commerson's | Strait of Magellen |
| Harbor | Harbors | Indus | Indus River | Hector's | Coast of New Zealand |
| Spectacled | Southern Oceans | Tucuxi | Central Waters | Stiped | Amazon |
| Vaquita | Indus River | Yangtze | Yangtze River | Risso's | Tropical Waters |