What is the Odontoceti suborder?
Q: What is the Odontoceti suborder?
A: The Odontoceti is a suborder of the cetaceans, the toothed whales.
Q: Which animals are included in the Odontoceti suborder?
A: The Odontoceti includes all the whales which eat prey larger than plankton, such as sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others.
Q: What is the main difference between the Odontoceti and Mysticeti suborders?
A: The Odontoceti has teeth rather than the baleen of Mysticeti whales.
Q: What is the prey range of the Odontoceti whales?
A: The Odontoceti whales are predators of small to large sized prey.
Q: Which Odontoceti whales can take large prey by means of co-operation?
A: The Killer Whale Orca and the Pilot Whale Globicephala can take large prey by means of co-operation, up to and including Blue Whale calves.
Q: What do Sperm Whales specialize in feeding on?
A: Sperm Whales are specialist feeders on giant squid.
Q: How many species are there in the Odontoceti suborder?
A: There are about 73 species in the Odontoceti suborder.
