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Whale Watching - Far North / Tweed Coast, NSW Australia © Dorothy Latimer, July, 2007

There are a number of different species of whales. Following are some more facts about whales, that include their common name and scientific name.

More Whale Facts

Common Name

Scientific Name

Location

Blue Whale	Balaenoptera musculus	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Bryde's Whale	Balaenoptera edeni	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Cuvier's Beaked Whale	Ziphius cavirostris	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Dwarf Sperm Whale	Kogia simus	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
False Killer Whale	Pseudorca crassidens	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Fin Whale	Balaenoptera physalus	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Humpback Whale	Megaptera novaeangliae	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Killer Whale (Orca)	Orcinus orca	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Long-Finned Pilot Whale	Globicephala melas	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Longman's Beaked Whale	Peponocephala electra	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Minke Whale	Balaenoptera acutorostrata	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Pygmy Killer Whale	Feresa attenuata	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Pygmy Sperm Whale	Kogia breviceps	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Sei Whale	Balaenoptera borealis	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Short-Finned Pilot Whale	Globicephala macrorhynchus	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Sperm Whale	Physeter macrocephalus	Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

Source: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Fauna and Flora of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, January 2001.

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