Part 5

We can only hope that man will learn to exploit whales in such a way as to take only the surplus and leave the main stock, creating thereby a perpetual resource. Man can best profit esthetically and scientifically by leaving the gray whale free of whaling as a control population.

Appendix

Scientific names of all North American cetaceans with common names most in use. Maximum size indicated.

Region: (A) Atlantic Ocean, (P) Pacific Ocean, (C) Circumpolar

_Common Name_ _Size-Region_

Order Cetacea Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises Suborder Odontoceti Toothed Whales Family Ziphiidae Beaked Whales Genus Berardius _Berardius bairdii_ Baird's Beaked Whale 42 ft. (P) Genus Mesoplodon _Mesoplodon bidens_ Sowerby's Beaked Whale 16 ft. (A) _Mesoplodon densirostris_ Blainville's Beaked 15 ft. (A) Whale _Mesoplodon europaeus_ Gervais' Beaked Whale 16 ft. (A) _Mesoplodon mirus_ True's Beaked Whale 17 ft. (A) _Mesoplodon stejnegeri_ Stejneger's Beaked Whale 20 ft. (P) Genus Ziphius _Ziphius Cavirostris_ Cuvier's Beaked Whale 28 ft. (A-P) Genus Hyperoodon _Hyperoodon ampullatus_ Flat-headed Bottlenosed 30 ft. (A) Whale Family Physeteridae Sperm Whales Genus Physeter _Physeter catodon_ Sperm Whale 60 ft. (A-P) Family Kogiidae Pigmy Sperm Whales Genus Kogia _Kogia breviceps_ Pigmy Sperm Whale 13 ft. (A-P) Family Vonodontidae White Whale and Narwhal Genus Delphinapterus _Delphinapterus leucas_ White Whale (Beluga) 18 ft. (C) Genus Monodon _Monodon monoceros_ Narwhal 12 ft. (C) Family Delphinidae Dolphins and Porpoises Genus Stenella _Stenella attenuata_ Slender-beaked Porpoise 6 ft. (P) _Stenella frontalis_ Cuvier's Porpoise 6 ft. (A) _Stenella graffmani_ Graffman's Porpoise 8 ft. (P) _Stenella longirostris_ Long-beaked Porpoise 7 ft. (P) _Stenella microps_ Small-headed Porpoise 8 ft. (P) _Stenella plagiodon_ Spotted Porpoise 7 ft. (A) _Stenella styx_ Gray's Porpoise 8 ft. (A-P) Genus Steno _Steno bredanensis_ Rough-toothed Porpoise 8 ft. (A-P) Genus Delphinus _Delphinus delphis_ Atlantic Dolphin 8 ft. (A) _Delphinus bairdii_ Pacific Dolphin 7 ft. (P) Genus Tursiops _Tursiops truncatus_ Atlantic Bottle-nosed 12 ft. (A) Dolphin _Tursiops gillii_ Gill's Bottle-nosed 12 ft. (P) Dolphin _Tursiops nuuanu_ Pacific Bottle-nosed 7 ft. (P) Dolphin Genus Lissodelphis _Lissodelphis borealis_ Right-whale Dolphin 8 ft. (P) Genus Lagenorhynchus _Lagenorhynchus albirostris_ White-Beaked Dolphin 10 ft. (A) _Lagenorhynchus acutus_ Atlantic White-sided 9 ft. (A) Dolphin _Lagenorhynchus obliquidens_ Pacific White-sided 7 ft. (P) Dolphin _Lagenorhynchus thicolea_ Gray's White-sided 9 ft. (P) Dolphin Genus Grampus _Grampus orca_ Atlantic Killer Whale 30 ft. (A) _Grampus rectipinna_ Pacific Killer Whale 30 ft. (P) Genus Grampidelphis _Grampidelphis Griseus_ Grampus or Risso's 13 ft. (A-P) Dolphin Genus Pseudorca _Pseudorca crassidens_ False Killer Whale 18 ft. (A-P) Genus Globicephala _Globicephala melaena_ Common Blackfish or 28 ft. (A) (Pilot Whale) _Globicephala macrorhyncha_ Short-finned Blackfish 20 ft. (A) _Globicephala scammonii_ Pacific Blackfish 16 ft. (P) Genus Feresa _Feresa occulta_ Slender Blackfish 8 ft. (P) Genus Phocoena _Phocoena phocoena_ Atlantic Harbor Porpoise 6 ft. (A) _Phocoena vomerina_ Pacific Harbor Porpoise 6 ft. (A) Genus Phocoenoides _Phocoenoides dalli_ Dall's Porpoise 7 ft. (P) Suborder Mysticeti Baleen Whales Family Eschrichtidae Gray Whale Genus Eschrichtius _Eschrichtius glaucus_ California Gray Whale 50 ft. (P) Family Balaenopteridae Fin-backed Whales Genus Balaenoptera _Balaenoptera physalus_ Fin-backed Whale 81 ft. (A-P) _Balaenoptera borealis_ Rorqual (Sei Whale) 60 ft. (A-P) _Balaenoptera acutorostrata_ Little Piked Whale 33 ft. (A-P) Genus Sibbaldus _Sibbaldus musculus_ Blue (Sulphur-bottom) 100 ft. (A-P) Whale Genus Megaptera _Megaptera novaeangliae_ Hump-backed Whale 50 ft. (A-P) Family Balaenidae Right and Bowhead Whales Genus Eubalaena _Eubalaena glacialis_ Atlantic Right Whale 70 ft. (A) _Eubalaena sieboldii_ Pacific Right Whale 65 ft. (P) Genus Balaena _Balaena mysticetus_ Bowhead Whale 65 ft. (C)

Transcriber's Notes

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--Silently corrected a few palpable typos.

--In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.