How many sea mammals start with B?

12 of the 141 sea mammals in Icillion start with B, for example Beluga, Blue whale and Bottlenose dolphin.

What is the longest name among sea mammals that start with B?

The longest is “Blainville's beaked whale” and the shortest is “Beluga”.

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Looking for sea mammals that begin with B? Here are 12 of them in alphabetical order, from “Baird's beaked whale” to “Burrunan dolphin”.

B is the 2nd most common first letter in this list: 12 of the 141 sea mammals (9%).
Shortest: “Beluga”. Longest: “Blainville's beaked whale”.
11 names have more than one word.
3 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.

How many sea mammals start with B?: 12 of the 141 sea mammals in Icillion start with B, for example Beluga, Blue whale and Bottlenose dolphin.
What is the longest name among sea mammals that start with B?: The longest is “Blainville's beaked whale” and the shortest is “Beluga”.

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