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Toothed whales
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Bottlenose dolphin
Scientific classification e
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:Artiodactyla
Infraorder:Cetacea
Parvorder:Odontoceti
Flower, 1869
Families
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Diversity
Around 73

The Odontoceti is a suborder of the cetaceans. They are the toothed whales.

The Odontoceti includes all the whales which eat prey larger than plankton. Examples are: sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others. As the name suggests, the suborder has teeth rather than the baleen of Mysticeti whales. This means they are predators of small to large sized prey.

The Sperm Whale Physeter, the Killer Whale Orca and the Pilot Whale Globicephala all take large prey. By means of co-operation, Killer Whales can take prey larger than themselves, up to and including Blue Whale calves. Sperm Whales are specialist feeders on giant squid.

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