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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Melon Headed Whale

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This dark gray species is actually in the black dolphin family. It is smaller than almost all the other North American members of this family and is approximately the size of a bottlenose dolphin. Learn more about the Peponocephala electra, more commonly known as a Melon-headed Whale, in this easy-to-read species overview by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

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