{"id":29487,"date":"2026-01-27T14:37:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:38:52","slug":"are-whales-carnivores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/fr\/blog\/les-baleines-sont-elles-des-carnivores\/","title":{"rendered":"Les baleines sont-elles carnivores ? | Approche scientifique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oui, les baleines sont des carnivores. Les baleines appartiennent \u00e0 l'ordre des c\u00e9tac\u00e9s, qui est divis\u00e9 en deux sous-ordres : les c\u00e9tac\u00e9s \u00e0 dents et les c\u00e9tac\u00e9s \u00e0 fanons, bien que cette classification taxonomique soit encore en cours de r\u00e9vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cet ordre partage un anc\u00eatre commun avec les hippopotames, qui appartiennent \u00e0 l'ordre des artiodactyles (ongul\u00e9s \u00e0 doigts pairs). Cet ordre est compos\u00e9, pour l'essentiel, d'herbivores et d'omnivores terrestres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cependant, malgr\u00e9 cette parent\u00e9 \u00e9volutive et contrairement aux ongul\u00e9s \u00e0 doigts pairs, les baleines (et tous les c\u00e9tac\u00e9s) sont carnivores. Cela signifie que les c\u00e9tac\u00e9s mangent d'autres animaux pour satisfaire leurs besoins nutritionnels.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/tours\/whale-watching-in-lajes-do-pico-azores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-1.jpg 815w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-1-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-1-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-1-18x6.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-whale-gut-microbiome\">Microbiome intestinal des baleines<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/59.jpg\" alt=\"Faux orque A\u00e7ores\" class=\"wp-image-25072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/59.jpg 960w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/59-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/59-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/59-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Faux orque A\u00e7ores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cependant, bien qu'elles soient carnivores, les baleines (en particulier les baleines \u00e0 fanons) h\u00e9bergent un microbiome semblable \u00e0 celui des herbivores et des carnivores, en particulier au niveau fonctionnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L'un des composants du microbiome des baleines \u00e0 fanons a conserv\u00e9 les caract\u00e9ristiques de leur anc\u00eatre herbivore, ce qui leur permet de dig\u00e9rer les polysaccharides. Au lieu de dig\u00e9rer des polysaccharides d'origine v\u00e9g\u00e9tale, comme la cellulose, ils dig\u00e8rent maintenant des polysaccharides d'origine animale, comme la chitine, un composant important du krill, une source de nourriture primaire pour les baleines \u00e0 fanons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Une autre composante du microbiome intestinal des baleines \u00e0 fanons est un produit de l'histoire \u00e9volutive de ces animaux, qui <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">leur a permis de s'adapter<\/span> \u00e0 un r\u00e9gime enti\u00e8rement carnivore. Cet aspect du microbiome des baleines pr\u00e9sente des similitudes importantes avec celui des carnivores terrestres. C'est tout \u00e0 fait naturel, car les deux groupes ont besoin d'un syst\u00e8me digestif efficace pour soutenir leur r\u00e9gime alimentaire \u00e0 base d'animaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Articles connexes<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/do-whales-and-dolphins-lay-eggs-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Les baleines et les dauphins pondent-ils des \u0153ufs ?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-do-dolphins-mate-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comportements d'accouplement et liens sociaux chez les dauphins<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-fast-can-whales-swim-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vitesses de nage maximales des baleines<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-do-whales-and-dolphins-communicate-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Syst\u00e8mes de communication entre baleines et dauphins<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/is-the-fin-whale-endangered-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00c9tat de conservation des rorquals communs dans le monde<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/portuguese-man-o-war-jellyfish-physalia-physalis-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Homme de guerre portugais (Physalia physalis)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-is-a-group-of-dolphins-called-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Noms collectifs pour les diff\u00e9rents groupes de dauphins<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-do-dolphins-eat-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Que mangent les dauphins ?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-whales-mammals\/\">Les baleines sont-elles des mammif\u00e8res ?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-baleen-cetacean-diet\">R\u00e9gime alimentaire des c\u00e9tac\u00e9s \u00e0 fanons<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Roxane Rambert | Baleine bleue en plong\u00e9e pr\u00e8s du rivage de l&#039;\u00eele de Pico\" class=\"wp-image-5718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pico_Blue-whale_Tail_4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roxane Rambert | Baleine bleue plongeant pr\u00e8s du rivage de l'oc\u00e9an Atlantique. <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/islands\/pico-island-azores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\u00cele de Pico\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"819\">\u00cele de Pico<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bien que tous les c\u00e9tac\u00e9s soient carnivores, leurs pr\u00e9f\u00e9rences alimentaires diff\u00e8rent. Les baleines \u00e0 fanons se nourrissent principalement de petits animaux, tels que le krill ou de petits poissons en bancs. Au lieu de dents, ces c\u00e9tac\u00e9s poss\u00e8dent des fanons dans la bouche, ce qui leur permet d'ing\u00e9rer de grandes quantit\u00e9s de proies \u00e0 la fois tout en filtrant l'eau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Des animaux tels que le\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/blue-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\">baleine bleue<\/a>\u00a0appartiennent \u00e0 ce groupe.<\/span> Pourtant, bien qu'il s'agisse de l'\u00eatre le plus grand qui ait jamais exist\u00e9, il se nourrit de proies minuscules. Malgr\u00e9 sa taille et ses besoins \u00e9nerg\u00e9tiques, la baleine bleue (et d'autres c\u00e9tac\u00e9s \u00e0 fanons) peut survivre pendant des mois sans se nourrir. En effet, elles peuvent stocker d'\u00e9normes quantit\u00e9s d'\u00e9nergie gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 leurs r\u00e9serves de graisse !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Articles connexes<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/is-the-fin-whale-endangered-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Le rorqual commun est-il en danger ?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/sperm-whale-diet-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">R\u00e9gime alimentaire du cachalot<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/sperm-whales-scars-scientific-explanation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cicatrices du cachalot<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/whale-watching-in-azores-when-is-the-best-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saisons de pointe pour l'observation des baleines aux A\u00e7ores<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-does-a-whale-penis-look-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00c0 quoi ressemble le p\u00e9nis d'une baleine ?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-does-whale-milk-taste-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Caract\u00e9ristiques et saveur du lait de baleine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-toothed-cetacean-diet\">R\u00e9gime alimentaire des c\u00e9tac\u00e9s \u00e0 dents<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Rafael Martins | Photo d\u00e9taill\u00e9e d&#039;un Cachalot avec la bouche ouverte en surface\" class=\"wp-image-23455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rafael-Martins_Sao-miguel_sperm-whales_Rabo-de-peixe_august_2022_5-scaled-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rafael Martins | Photo d\u00e9taill\u00e9e d'un <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/sperm-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Cachalot\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"818\">Cachalot<\/a> avec la bouche ouverte \u00e0 la surface<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Les c\u00e9tac\u00e9s \u00e0 dents sont des pr\u00e9dateurs, ils poss\u00e8dent des dents et, \u00e0 ce titre, chassent des proies individuelles de taille variable. Les animaux de ce groupe s'attaquent \u00e0 diverses esp\u00e8ces, dont des poissons, des crustac\u00e9s, des mollusques et m\u00eame d'autres c\u00e9tac\u00e9s !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les cachalots, les plus grands c\u00e9tac\u00e9s \u00e0 dents du monde, se nourrissent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement de gros calmars d'eau profonde, ing\u00e9rant jusqu'\u00e0 750 calmars en une journ\u00e9e !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les esp\u00e8ces de dauphins de petite et moyenne taille, comme le dauphin commun ou le grand dauphin, se nourrissent principalement de petits poissons en bancs. Cependant, la plus grande esp\u00e8ce de dauphin au monde, l'orque, est \u00e9galement le pr\u00e9dateur supr\u00eame de l'oc\u00e9an. Les orques sont connues pour chasser m\u00eame les plus gros animaux : les baleines bleues !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vous voulez en savoir plus sur ce que mangent les dauphins, ainsi que sur leurs strat\u00e9gies de chasse ? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/wildlife\/what-do-dolphins-eat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Consultez cet article !<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-whales-in-the-azores\">Baleines aux A\u00e7ores<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Humpback-Whale-Azores-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mariana Silva | Baleine \u00e0 bosse A\u00e7ores\" class=\"wp-image-24747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Humpback-Whale-Azores-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Humpback-Whale-Azores-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Humpback-Whale-Azores-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Humpback-Whale-Azores-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mariana Silva | Baleine \u00e0 bosse A\u00e7ores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Avec plus de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/whale-watching-azores-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">26 observations de c\u00e9tac\u00e9s enregistr\u00e9es dans l'archipel des A\u00e7ores<\/a>, C'est donc tout naturellement que ces \u00eeles sont connues pour \u00eatre des hauts lieux de l'observation des baleines. En raison de leur origine volcanique et de leur situation g\u00e9ographique, les A\u00e7ores sont l'habitat id\u00e9al pour de nombreuses esp\u00e8ces et, \u00e0 la bonne saison, le lieu de visite id\u00e9al pour de nombreuses autres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L'abondance des proies locales favorise la pr\u00e9sence tout au long de l'ann\u00e9e de pr\u00e9dateurs g\u00e9ants tels que les cachalots et diverses esp\u00e8ces de dauphins. De plus, situ\u00e9 au milieu de l'oc\u00e9an Atlantique et b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiant de conditions bathym\u00e9triques favorables, l'archipel attire souvent d'autres visiteurs, notamment les plus grands c\u00e9tac\u00e9s \u00e0 fanons du monde, tels que le rorqual commun et la baleine bleue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Vous souhaitez conna\u00eetre les meilleures p\u00e9riodes pour observer les baleines ?<\/strong><br><br>Jetez un coup d'\u0153il \u00e0 notre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/whale-watching-azores-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calendrier de l'observation des baleines<\/a> et planifiez votre prochaine aventure ! Ne manquez pas la chance d'apercevoir ces cr\u00e9atures majestueuses dans les eaux a\u00e7oriennes. \ud83d\udc0b \ud83c\udf0a<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>En r\u00e9sum\u00e9, la r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 la question initiale est un OUI retentissant ! En fait, Futurismo vous invite \u00e0 tenter votre chance et \u00e0 voir par vous-m\u00eame comment ces mammif\u00e8res marins se nourrissent d'autres animaux. Car, par essence, c'est ce que sont tous les c\u00e9tac\u00e9s : des carnivores !<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/tours\/whale-watching-in-ponta-delgada-sao-miguel-azores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12.jpg 815w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-18x6.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bibliographical-references\">R\u00e9f\u00e9rences bibliographiques<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Carwardine, M. (2019). <em>Manuel des baleines, dauphins et marsouins<\/em>. Bloomsbury Publishing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geisler, J. H. et Theodor, J. M. (2009). Hippopotame et phylog\u00e9nie des baleines. <em>Nature<\/em>, <em>458<\/em>(7236), E1-E4.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glaeser, S. P., Silva, L. M., Prieto, R., Silva, M. A., Franco, A., K\u00e4mpfer, P., ... &amp; Eisenberg, T. (2022). A preliminary comparison on faecal microbiomes of free-ranging large baleen (Balaenoptera musculus, B. physalus, B. borealis) and toothed whales (Physeter macrocephalus). <em>\u00c9cologie microbienne<\/em>, <em>83<\/em>(1), 18-33.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanders, J. G., Beichman, A. C., Roman, J., Scott, J. J., Emerson, D., McCarthy, J. J., &amp; Girguis, P. R. (2015). Les baleines \u00e0 fanons ont un microbiome intestinal unique qui partage des caract\u00e9ristiques avec les carnivores et les herbivores. <em>Nature Communications<\/em>, <em>6<\/em>(1), 1-8.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marx, F. G., Lambert, O., &amp; Uhen, M. D. (2016). <em>Pal\u00e9obiologie des c\u00e9tac\u00e9s<\/em>. John Wiley &amp; Sons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spaulding, M., O'Leary, M. A. et Gatesy, J. (2009). Relationships of Cetacea (Artiodactyla) among mammals : increased taxon sampling alters interpretations of key fossils and character evolution. <em>Plos one<\/em>, <em>4<\/em>(9), e7062.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, whales are carnivores. Whales belong to the order cetacean, which is divided into two suborders: toothed cetaceans and baleen cetaceans, although this taxonomic classification is still under review. This order shares a common ancestor with hippos, which belong to the order artiodactyl (even-toed ungulates). 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