Here are some preliminary data on whale phenotypes

Some of these characters need to be recoded into discrete character states

Refer to Whale Data Packet, books, and web pages for additional characters
Species
Body Weight (kg)
Body Length (m)
Eco-location
Thoracic Vert.
Lumbar Vert.
Caudal Vert.
Pelvis
Number of baleen plates
Length of baleen (cm)
Number of teeth
SpermWhale
36000
15
present
11
8
24
Absent
0
0
48
PygmySpermWhale
363
3
present
13
9
27
Absent
0
0
30
BottleNoseDolphin
200
3
present
14
15
29
Absent
0
0
98
LongFinWhale
3000
6
present
11
13
28
Absent
0
0
40
KillerWhale
5000
8
present
12
10
23
Absent
0
0
44
WhiteBeakDolphin
200
2.75
present
15
26
44
Absent
0
0
98
HarborPorpoise
41
1.4
present
14
13
30
Absent
0
0
92
RightWhale
54500
15
absent
14
12
24
Vestigial
260
240
0
BowheadWhale
90000
15
absent
13
12
23
Vestigial
350
450
0
SeiWhale
13500
15
absent
14
13
23
Vestigial
340
75
0
GreyWhale
26000
12.5
absent
14
12
23
Vestigial
160
50
0
HumpbackWhale
35000
15
absent
14
10
22
Vestigial
330
64
0
Hippo
3600
4
absent
Full
0
0
38
Cow
900
3.1
absent
Full
0
0
30
Camel
550
2.5
absent
Full
0
0
34


Scientific Name Species
Physeter macrocephalus SpermWhale
Kogia breviceps PygmySpermWhale
Tursiops truncatus BottleNoseDolphin
Globicephala melaena LongFinWhale
Orcinus orca KillerWhale
Lagenorhunchus albirostruis WhiteBeakDolphin
Phocoena phocoena HarborPorpoise
Balaena glacialis RightWhale
Balaena mysticetus BowheadWhale
Balaenoptera borealis SeiWhale
Eschrictius robustus GreyWhale
Megaptera novaeangliae HumpbackWhale
Hippopotamus Hippo
Bos taurusCow
Camelus dromedarius Camel