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Long-finned Pilot Whale

Globicephala melas

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 156, February 115, March 180, April 284, May 409, June 446, July 477, August 410, September 301, October 225, November 123, December 96.
Canada6,083
United States3,767
Alaska3,222
Newfoundland and Labrador2,385
Quebec1,992
Nova Scotia1,685
California219
Massachusetts104
Maine47
Virginia31

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • SocialLives in groups or coloniesFrom its classification
  • SmartDemonstrates problem-solving and learningFrom its classification

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterChecked by the maintainer
  • EcholocationUses sonar to navigate and huntChecked by the maintainer

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderEven-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla
FamilyOceanic Dolphins · Delphinidae
GenusPilot Whales · Globicephala

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