| _catodon_ | | | | teeth _rarely_ emerge;
| | | | | lower teeth fit into
| | | | | sockets in upper jaw.
Northern |_Hyperoodon_ | 67| 0 | 2(2)|At tip of lower jaw;
bottlenosed whale | _ampullatus_ | | | [A] | sometimes second
| | | | | pair behind first.
Goosebeaked whale |_Ziphius_ | 70| 0 | 2[A]|At tip of lower jaw.[B]
| _cavirostris_ | | | |
True's beaked whale |_Mesoplodon_ | 77| 0 | 2[A]|At tip of lower jaw.[B]
| _mirus_ | | | |
Antillean beaked |_Mesoplodon_ | 78| 0 | 2[A]|At suture of mandible.
whale | _europaeus_ | | | | One-third of way
| | | | | from tip of snout to
| | | | | gape.[B]
Dense-beaked whale |_Mesoplodon_ | 80| 0 | 2[A]|On prominences near
| _densirostris_| | | | corner of mouth;
| | | | | oriented backwards.[b]
North Sea beaked |_Mesoplodon_ | 82| 0 | 2[A]|About halfway from
whale | _bidens_ | | | | tip of snout to
| | | | | gape.[B]
Killer whale |_Orcinus orca_ | 84|10-12|10-12|Prominent; curved and
| | | | | oriented backwards
| | | | | and inwards; pointed.
False killer whale |_Pseudorca_ | 88| 8-11| 8-11|Prominent; pointed
| _crassidens_ | | | | and curved.
Atlantic pilot whale|_Globicephala_ | 91| 8-10| 8-10| -- --
| _melaena_ | | | |
Short-finned pilot |_Globicephala_ | 94| 7-9 | 7-9 | -- --
whale | _macrorhyncha_| | | |
Grampus |_Grampus_ | 96| 0 | 0-7 |Near front of jaw;
| _griseus_ | | | | may have fallen out
| | | | | in older specimens;
| | | | | sometimes teeth in
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