page_title: List of mammals of Madeira
section_title: Order: Cetacea (whales)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Madeira / Order: Cetacea (whales)
caption_attribution_description: English: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis off Madeira main island
context_page_description: This is a list of mammals of Madeira, concerning the indigenous mammals of the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira in the North Atlantic ocean. Besides the mammals on the islands, the coastal waters are host to at least nine species of dolphins and ten species of migrating cetaceans. These are protected in the 430,000 km² Madeiran Marine Mammal Sanctuary.
context_section_description: The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
  Suborder: Mysticeti
  Family: Balaenidae
  Genus: Eubalaena
  North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis CR
  Family: Balaenopteridae
  Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
  Genus: Balaenoptera
  Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus  EN
  Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus VU
  Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN
  Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
  Subfamily: Megapterinae
  Genus: Megaptera
  Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
  Suborder: Odontoceti
  Superfamily: Platanistoidea
  Family: Physeteridae
  Genus: Physeter
  Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
  Family: Kogiidae
  Genus: Kogia
  Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps DD>
  Superfamily: Delphinoidea
  Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
  Genus: Tursiops
  Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LC
  Genus: Steno
  Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis LC
caption: An Atlantic spotted dolphin swims near water surface off Madeira
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