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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Andrews' beaked whale | Mesoplodon bowdoini |
Antarctic minke whale | Balaenoptera bonaerensis |
Arnoux's beaked whale | Berardius arnuxii |
Atlantic humpback dolphin | Sousa teuszii |
Atlantic spotted dolphin | Stenella frontalis |
Atlantic white-sided dolphin | Lagenorhynchus acutus |
Bahamonde's beaked whale | Mesoplodon bahamondi |
Baiji | Lipotes vexillifer |
Baird's beaked whale | Berardius bairdii |
Beluga whale | Delphinapterus leucas |
Blainville's beaked whale | Mesoplodon densirostris |
Blue whale | Balaenoptera musculus |
Boto | Inia geoffrensis |
Bottlenose dolphin | Tursiops truncatus |
Bowhead whale | Balaena mysticetus |
Bryde's whale | Balaenoptera edeni |
Burmeister's porpoise | Phocoena spinipinnis |
Chilean dolphin | Cephalorhynchus eutropia |
Clymene dolphin | Stenella clymene |
Commerson's dolphin | Cephalorhynchus commersonii |
Common dolphin | Delphinus delphis |
Common minke whale | Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
Cuvier's beaked whale | Ziphius cavirostris |
Dall's porpoise | Phocoenoides dalli |
Dusky dolphin | Lagenorhynchus obscurus |
Dwarf sperm whale | Kogia sima |
False killer whale | Pseudorca crassidens |
Fin whale | Balaenoptera physalus |
Finless porpoise | Neophocaena phocaenoides |
Franciscana | Pontoporia blainvillei |
Fraser's dolphin | Lagenodelphis hosei |
Gervais' beaked whale | Mesoplodon europaeus |
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale | Mesoplodon gingkodens |
Gray whale | Eschrichtius robustus |
Gray's beaked whale | Mesoplodon grayi |
Harbor porpoise | Phocoena phocoena |
Heaviside's dolphin | Cephalorhynchus heavisidii |
Hector's beaked whale | Mesoplodon hectori |
Hector's dolphin | Cephalorhynchus hectori |
Hourglass dolphin | Lagenorhynchus cruciger |
Hubbs' beaked whale | Mesoplodon carlhubbsi |
Humpback whale | Megaptera novaeangliae |
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin | Tursiops aduncus |
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin | Sousa chinensis |
Indus River dolphin | Platanista minor |
Irrawaddy dolphin | Orcaella brevirostris |
Killer whale | Orcinus orca |
Long-beaked common dolphin | Delphinus capensis |
Long-finned pilot whale | Globicephala melas |
Longman's beaked whale | Mesoplodon pacificus |
Melon-headed whale | Peponocephala electra |
Narwhal | Monodon monoceros |
North Atlantic right whale | Eubalaena glacialis |
North Pacific right whale | Eubalaena japonica |
Northern bottlenose whale | Hyperoodon ampullatus |
Northern right whale dolphin | Lissodelphis borealis |
Pacific white-sided dolphin | Lagenorhynchus obliquidens |
Pantropical spotted dolphin | Stenella attenuata |
Peale's dolphin | Lagenorhynchus australis |
Perrin's beaked whale | Mesoplodon perrini |
Pygmy beaked whale | Mesoplodon peruvianus |
Pygmy killer whale | Feresa attenuata |
Pygmy right whale | Caperea marginata |
Pygmy sperm whale | Kogia breviceps |
Risso's dolphin | Grampus griseus |
Rough-toothed dolphin | Steno bredanensis |
Sei whale | Balaenoptera borealis |
Shepherd's beaked whale | Tasmacetus shepherdi |
Short-finned pilot whale | Globicephala macrorhynchus |
South Asian river dolphin | Platanista gangetica gangetica |
Southern bottlenose whale | Hyperoodon planifrons |
Southern right whale | Eubalaena australis |
Southern right whale dolphin | Lissodelphis peronii |
Sowerby's beaked whale | Mesoplodon bidens |
Spectacled porpoise | Phocoena dioptrica |
Sperm whale | Physeter macrocephalus |
Spinner dolphin | Stenella longirostris |
Stejneger's beaked whale | Mesoplodon stejnegeri |
Strap-toothed whale | Mesoplodon layardii |
Striped dolphin | Stenella coeruleoalba |
True's beaked whale | Mesoplodon mirus |
Tucuxi | Sotalia fluviatilis |
Vaquita | Phocoena sinus |
White-beaked dolphin | Lagenorhynchus albirostris |
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Seals and Sea Lions (Pinnipeds)
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Antarctic fur seal | Arctocephalus gazella |
Australian sea lion | Neophoca cinerea |
Baikal seal or nerpa | Phoca sibirica |
Bearded seal | Erignathus barbatus |
California, Galapagos, and Japanese sea lions | Zalophus californianus |
Caribbean monk seal | Monachus tropicalis |
Caspian seal | Phoca caspica |
Crabeater seal | Lobodon carcinophagus |
Gray seal | Halichoerus grypus |
Guadalupe fur seal | Arctocephalus townsendi |
Harbor seal | Phoca vitulina |
Harp seal | Phoca groenlandica |
Hawaiian monk seal | Monachus schauinslandi |
Hooded seal | Cystophora cristata |
Juan Fernandez fur seal | Arctocephalus philippi |
Leopard seal | Hydrurga leptonyx |
Mediterranean monk seal | Monachus monachus |
New Zealand fur seal | Arctocephalus forsteri |
New Zealand sea lion | Phocarctos hookeri |
Northern elephant seal | Mirounga angustirostris |
Northern fur seal | Callorhinus ursinus |
Ribbon seal | Histriophoca fasciata |
Ringed seal | Phoca hispida |
Ross seal | Ommatophoca rossii |
South African and Australian fur seals | Arctocephalus pusillus |
South American fur seal | Arctocephalus australis |
South American sea lion | Otaria byronia |
Southern elephant seal | Mirounga leonina |
Spotted seal | Phoca largha |
Steller sea lion | Eumetopias jubatus |
Subantarctic fur seal | Arctocephalus tropicalis |
Walrus | Odobenus rosmarus |
Weddell seal | Leptonychotes weddellii |
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Manatees, Dugongs, and Sea Cow (Sirenia)
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Amazonian manatee | Trichechus inunguis |
Dugong | Dugong dugon |
Steller's sea cow (extinct) | Hydrodamalis gigas |
West African manatee | Trichechus senegalensis |
West Indian manatee | Trichechus manatus |
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Otters (Mustelidae)
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Marine otter | Lutra felina |
Sea otter | Enhydra lutris |
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Polar Bear (Ursidae)
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Polar bear | Ursus maritimus |
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