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Dolphins aren't whales?
by dgabriel 16y ago
Dolphins aren't whales?
- Goladus 16y agoDolphins belong to suborder Odontoceti, which is a whale suborder. So yes, Dolphins are whales. However, in common naming, people generally call things in the Delphinidae family "Dolphins" and whales not in that family "Whales." Orcas are an exception to this pattern, they're in the family Delphinidae but are called whales.
- bitwize 16y agoDolphins are whales like humans are apes. Although you will probably just get confusion by speaking of dolphins as a subset of the whale taxon, and not bristling at the thought by a majority of Americans like you would the human/ape relationship.