Large marine mammals of the order CETACEA. In the past, they were commercially valued for whale oil, for their flesh as human food and in ANIMAL FEED and FERTILIZERS, and for baleen. Today, there is a moratorium on most commercial whaling, as all species are either listed as endangered or threatened.

Descriptor ID	D014907
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.150.900.649.189.865
Concept/Terms	Whales Whales Whale Dwarf Sperm Whale Dwarf Sperm Whale Dwarf Sperm Whales Sperm Whale, Dwarf Sperm Whales, Dwarf Giant Bottle-Nosed Whales Giant Bottle-Nosed Whales Bottle-Nosed Whale, Giant Bottle-Nosed Whales, Giant Giant Bottle Nosed Whales Giant Bottle-Nosed Whale Berardius Goose-Beaked Whale Goose-Beaked Whale Goose Beaked Whale Goose-Beaked Whales Ziphius Right Whale, Southern Right Whale, Southern Right Whales, Southern Southern Right Whale Southern Right Whales Whale, Southern Right Whales, Southern Right Eubalaena australis Mesoplodon Mesoplodon Narwhals Narwhals Narwhal Monodon monoceros Pygmy Right Whale Pygmy Right Whale Pygmy Right Whales Right Whale, Pygmy Right Whales, Pygmy Caperea Pygmy Sperm Whale Pygmy Sperm Whale Pygmy Sperm Whales Sperm Whale, Pygmy Sperm Whales, Pygmy Right Whale, North Atlantic Right Whale, North Atlantic North Atlantic Right Whale Beaked Whales Beaked Whales Beaked Whale Ziphiidae Gray Whale Gray Whale Gray Whales Eschrichtius robustus Grey Whale Grey Whales Whale, Grey Whales, Grey

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