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minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·6 个月前Orcas (so called “killer whales”) aren’t whales at all, they’re actually dolphins.
minus-squareunderscores@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·6 个月前Cladistically dolphins are a type of toothed whale. They’re more closely related to species like sperm whales than toothed whales and baleen whales are to each other.
minus-squareNoodle07@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 个月前Depends on how your language classifies their names I guess.
minus-squareagamemnonymouslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 个月前Cetaceans technically, dolphins being the most well-known cetacean. I was hasty, they are actually in the dolphin family, Delphinidae. Neat.
Orcas (so called “killer whales”) aren’t whales at all, they’re actually dolphins.
Cladistically dolphins are a type of toothed whale. They’re more closely related to species like sperm whales than toothed whales and baleen whales are to each other.
Depends on how your language classifies their names I guess.
Cetaceans technically, dolphins being the most well-known cetacean.I was hasty, they are actually in the dolphin family, Delphinidae. Neat.