SUBORDER ODONTOCETI Superfamily Platanistoidea Family Platanistidae -Platanista gangetica Ganges river dolphin (susu) -Platanista minor Indus river dolphin (susu) Family Pontoporiidae Subfamily Lipontinae -Lipotes vexillifer Yangtze river dolphin (baiji) Subfamily Pontoporiinae -Pontoporia blainvillei Franciscana, Cachimbo, La Plata dolphin Family Iniidae -Inia geoffrensis Amazon river dolphin (boto) Superfamily Delphinoidea Family Monodontidae Subfamily Delphinapterinae -Dephinapterus leucas White whale, Beluga Subfamily Monodontinae -Monodon monoceros Narwhal Family Phocoenidae Subfamily Phocoeninae -Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise -Phoceona spinipinnis Burmeister's porpoise -Phocoena sinus Gulf of California harbor porpoise (vaquita) -Neophocaena phocaenoides Finless porpoise Subfamily Phoceonoidinae -Australophocaena dioptrica Spectacled porpoise -Phocoenoides dalli Dall's porpoise Family Delphinidae Subfamily Steninae -Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin -Sousa chinensis Indopacific hump-backed dolphin -Sousa teuszii Atlantic hump-backed dolphin -Sotalia fluviatilis Tucuxi Subfamily Delphininae -Lagenorhynchus albirostris White-beaked dolphin -Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic white-sided dolphin -Lagenorhynchus obscurus Dusky dolphin -Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Pacific white-sided dolphin -Lagenorhynchus cruciger Hourglass dolphin -Lagenorhynchus australis Peale's dolphin -Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin -Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose dolphin -Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin -Stenella attenuata Pantropical spotted dolphin -Stenella longirostris Spinner dolphin -Stenella clymene Clymene dolphin -Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin -Delphinus delphis Common dolphin -Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser's dolphin Subfamily Lissodelphinae -Lissodelphis borealis Northern right whale dolphin -Lissodelphis peronii Southern right whale dolphin Subfamily Orcaellinae -Orcaella brevirostris Irrawaddy dolphin, Pesut Subfamily Cephalorhynchinae -Cephalorhynchus commersonii Commerson's dolphin -Cephalorhynchus eutropia Chilean (Black) dolphin -Cephalorhynchus heavisidii Heaviside's dolphin -Cephalorhynchus hectori Hector's dolphin Subfamily Globicephalinae -Peponocephala electra Melon-headed whale (Electra dolphin) -Feresa attenuata Pygmy killer whale -Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale -Orcinus orca Killer whale -Globicephala melas Long-finned pilot whale -Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned pilot whale Superfamily Ziphioidea Family Ziphiidae -Tasmaetus shepherdi Shepherd's beaked whale -Berardius bairdii Baird's beaked whale -Berardius arnuxii Arnoux's beaked whale -Mesoplodon pacificus Longman's beaked whale -Mesoplodon bidens Sowerby's beaked whale -Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville's beaked whale -Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais' beaked whale -Mesoplodon layardii Strap-toothed whale -Mesoplodon hectori Hector's beaked whale -Mesoplodon grayi Gray's beaked whale -Mesoplodon stejnegeri Stejneger's beaked whale -Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrew's beaked whale -Mesoplodon mirus True's beaked whale -Mesoplodon ginkgodens Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale -Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Hubbs' beaked whale -Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale -Hyperoodon ampullatus Northern bottlenose whale -Hyperoodon planifrons Southern bottlenose whale Superfamily Physeteroidea Family Physeteridae Subfamily Physeterinae -Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale Family Koiidae -Kogia breviceps Pygmy sperm whale -Kogia simus Dwarf sperm whale SUBORDER MYSTICETI Family Balaenidae -Balaena mysticetus Bowhead whale -Eubalaena australis Southern right whale -Eubalaena galcialis Northern right whale Family Neobalaenidae -Caperea marginata Pygmy right whale Family Eschrichtiidae -Eschrichtius robustus Grey whale Family Balaenopteridae Subfamily Balaenopterinae -Balaenoptera acutorostrata Minke whale -Balaenoptera borealis Sei whale -Balaenoptera edeni Bryde's whale -Balaenoptera Musculus Blue whale -Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale, Finback Subfamily Megapterinae -Megaptera novaengliae Humpback whale
The superfamilies Ziphioidea and Physeteroidea, and the suborder Mysticeti, are all considered to be whales. The remainder of the list are dolphins/ porpoises.