This is a list of Arctic cetaceans.
Cetacea
- Balaenidae
- Bowhead whale (áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ
, arviq) Balaena mysticetus
- Balaenopteridae
- Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
- Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
- Blue whale (áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ
áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ
á´áÂÂ
, áÂÂá¸áÂÂ, arviq niaqurlungniqsaq, ipak) Balaenoptera musculus
- Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
- Delphinidae
- Killer whale (áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, aarlu, arluk, aarluk) Orcinus orca
- Long-finned pilot whale
- Atlantic white-sided dolphin (aarluarsuk)
- White-beaked dolphin
- Monodontidae
- Narwhal (áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, tuugaalik, á¿áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ
áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, qilalugaq tuugaalik) Monodon monoceros
- Beluga whale (á¿áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ
, qilalugaq; ÃÂéûïïóÃÂ) Delphinapterus leucas
- Cumberland Sound beluga
- Mysticeti
- Gray whale
- Phocoenidae
- Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (niisa)
- Physeteridae
- Sperm whale (áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, kigutilik) Physeter macrocephalus
- Ziphiidae
- Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus
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