Long-finned pilot whale
| Long-finned pilot whale | |
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| Size compared to an average human | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
| Genus: | Globicephala |
| Species: | G. melas
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| Binomial name | |
| Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
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| Subspecies | |
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Globicephala melas melas | |
| Range of the long-finned pilot whale | |
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The long-finned pilot whale or pothead whale (Globicephala melas) is a large species of oceanic dolphin. It shares the genus Globicephala with the short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Long-finned pilot whales are known as such because of their unusually long pectoral fins.