page_title: List of mammals of Belgium
section_title: Order: Cetacea (whales)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Belgium / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Cetacea (whales)
caption_attribution_description: Belugawhale (Delphinapterus leucas)
context_page_description: This list of mammals of Belgium shows the IUCN Red List status of mammal species occurring in Belgium. One is endangered, eight are vulnerable, and three are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed on the respective IUCN Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
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 (right whales)
  Genus: Balaena
  Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus LC vagrant
  Genus: Eubalaena
  North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis EN almost extinct in eastern North Atlantic
  Family: Eschrichtiidae (gray whales)
  Genus: Eschrichtius
  Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus LR/cd seemingly extinct in Atlantic Ocean
  Family: Megapterinae (humpback whales)
  Genus: Megaptera
  Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
  Family: Balaenopteridae
  Subfamily: Balaenopterinae (rorquals)
  Genus: Balaenoptera
  Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus EN
  Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LR/nt
  Suborder: Odontoceti
  Superfamily: Platanistoidea
  Family: Physeteridae
  Genus: Physeter (sperm whales)
  Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
  Family: Kogiidae
  Genus: Kogia (pygmy sperm whales)
  Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps LR/lc
  Family: Monodontidae
  Genus: Delphinapterus (beluga and narwhals)
  Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas VU
  Family: Phocoenidae
  Genus: Phocoena (harbor porpoises)
  Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena VU
  Family: Ziphidae
  Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
  Genus: Mesoplodon (beaked whales)
  Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens DD
  Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
  Genus: Stenella
  Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LR/cd
  Genus: Tursiops
  Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
  Genus: Delphinus
  Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis LR/lc
  Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis
  Genus: Lagenorhynchus
  Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus LR/lc
  White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris LR/lc
  Genus: Steno
  Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis
  Genus: Grampus
  Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus DD
  Genus: Globicephala
  Pilot whale, Globicephala melas LR/lc
  Genus: Orcinus
  Killer whale, Orcinus orca
  Genus: Pseudorca
  False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
caption: Beluga
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