| |
Pygmy sperm whale |_Kogia_ |144| 0 |12-16|Rarely 10 or 11;
| _breviceps_ | | | | curved back and
| | | | | inwards; fit into
| | | | | sockets in upper jaw.
Dwarf sperm whale |_Kogia simus_ |148| 0-3 | 8-11|Rarely 13; curved
| | | | | back and in; sharply
| | | | | pointed; fit into
| | | | | sockets in upper jaw.
| | | | | Rarely has 1-3 upper
| | | | | teeth as well.
Harbor porpoise |_Phocoena_ |150|22-28|22-28|Spade shaped, laterally
| _phocoena_ | | | | compressed, and
| | | | | relatively small.
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[Footnote A: Usually erupted from gums only in adult [MALES].]

[Footnote B: May have toothpick size vestigial teeth in either jaw.]

Table 2. Body Size; Numbers, Maximum Dimensions and Descriptions of
Baleen Plates; and Numbers and Relative Lengths of Ventral Grooves of W.
N. Atlantic Mysticetes.

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| | | | | Maximum dimensions|
| | | | | of plates |
| | | | |-------------------|
| | | |Number | | Width |
| | | Maximum | of | Length | base |
| |Page of| body |baleen |----+----+----+----|
Species | Species |species| size[C] |plates/ | ft/| | ft/| |
common name |scientific name|account| ft(m) | side | in.| cm | in.| cm |
-------------+---------------+-------+---------+--------+----+----+----+----|
Blue whale |Balaenoptera | 19 |85 (26.0)|270-395 | 33"| 84| 12"| 30 |
| musculus | | | | | | | |
Fin whale |Balaenoptera | 26 |79 (24.0)|262-473 | 29"| 72| 12"| 30 |
| physalus |