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List of marine mammal species

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Marine mammals comprise over 130 living and recently extinct species in three taxonomic orders. The Society for Marine Mammalogy, an international scientific society, maintains a list of valid species and subspecies, most recently updated in October 2015. This list follows the Society's taxonomy regarding and subspecies.

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Conservation status codes listed follow the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v. 2014.3; data current at 19 January 2015) and are clickable to link to IUCN Red List species pages.

Order Cetartiodactyla

Footnote on use of Cetartiodactyla

Balaenidae

  • North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis EN
  • North Pacific right whale, Eubalaena japonica EN
  • Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis LC
  • Bowhead whale or Greenland whale, Balaena mysticetus LC

    • Balaenopteridae

  • Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC (ssp. acutorostrata - North Atlantic minke whale NE, ssp. scammoni - North Pacific minke whale NE, unnamed ssp. dwarf minke whale NE)
  • Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis DD
  • Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN (ssp. borealis - northern sei whale NE, ssp. schlegellii - southern sei whale NE)
  • Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni DD (ssp. brydei - Bryde's whale NE, ssp. edeni - Eden's whaleNE )
  • Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omurai DD
  • Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus EN (ssp. musculus - northern blue whale NE, ssp. brevicauda - pygmy blue whale DD, ssp. intermedia - Antarctic blue whale CR, ssp. indica - Northern Indian Ocean blue whale NE, unnamed subspecies - Chilean blue whale NE)
  • Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus EN (ssp. patachonica pygmy fin whale NE, ssp. physalus - northern fin whale NE but Mediterranean Subpopulation VU, ssp. quoyi - southern fin whale NE)
  • Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC (ssp. novaeangliae North Atlantic humpback whale NE, ssp. kuzira - North Pacific humpback whale NE, ssp. australis - southern humpback whale NE but Oceania subpopulation EN, isolated subpopulation in Arabian Sea EN)

    • Neobalaenidae

  • Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata DD

    • Eschrichtiidae

  • Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus LC

    • Physeteridae

  • Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU

    • Kogiidae

  • Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps DD
  • Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus DD

    • Ziphiidae

  • Baird's beaked whale, Berardius bairdii DD
  • Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii DD
  • Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus DD
  • Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons LC
  • Tropical bottlenose whale, Indopacetus pacificus DD
  • Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens DD
  • Andrews' beaked whale, Mesoplodon bowdoini DD
  • Hubbs' beaked whale, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi DD
  • Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
  • Gervais' beaked whale, Mesoplodon europaeus DD
  • Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
  • Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi DD
  • Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori DD
  • Deraniyagala's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hotaula NE
  • Strap-toothed whale, Mesoplodon layardii DD
  • True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus DD
  • Perrin's beaked whale, Mesoplodon perrini DD
  • Pygmy beaked whale, Mesoplodon peruvianus DD
  • Stejneger's beaked whale, Mesoplodon stejnegeri DD
  • Spade-toothed whale, Mesoplodon traversii DD
  • Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi DD
  • Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris LC

    • Platanistidae

  • South Asian river dolphin, Platanista gangetica EN (ssp. gangetica - Ganges river dolphin EN, ssp. minor - Indus river dolphin EN)

    • Iniidae

  • Amazon river dolphin, Inia geoffrensis DD (ssp. geoffrensis - common boto NE, ssp. boliviensis - Bolivian bufeo NE)

    • Lipotidae

  • Baiji, Lipotes vexillifer CR, likely extinct

    • Pontoporiidae

  • La Plata dolphin (Franciscana), Pontoporia blainvillei VU

    • Monodontidae

  • Beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas NT (Cook Inlet Subpopulation CR)
  • Narwhal, Monodon monoceros NT

    • Delphinidae

  • Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii DD (ssp. commersonii - Commerson's dolphin NE, ssp. kerguelenensis - Kerguelen Islands Commerson’s dolphin NE)
  • Chilean dolphin, Cephalorhynchus eutropia NT
  • Heaviside's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii DD
  • Hector's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori (ssp. hectori - South Island Hector’s dolphin EN, ssp. maui - Maui's dolphin or North Island Hector’s dolphin CR)
  • Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis DD (ssp. capensis - long-beaked common dolphin NE, ssp. tropicalis - Indo-Pacific common dolphin NE)
  • Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis LC (ssp. delphis - short-beaked common dolphin Mediterranean Subpopulation EN, ssp. ponticus - Black Sea common dolphin VU)
  • Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
  • Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus DD
  • Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas DD (ssp. edwardii - southern long-finned pilot whale NE, ssp. melas - North Atlantic long-finned pilot whale NE, unnamed spp. - North Pacific long-finned pilot whale EX)
  • Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus LC
  • Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei LC
  • Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus LC
  • White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris LC
  • Peale's dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis DD
  • Hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger LC
  • Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens LC
  • Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus DD (ssp. fitzroyi - Fitzroy’s dolphin NE, ssp. obscurus - African dusky dolphin NE, ssp. posidonia - Chilean dusky dolphin NE, unnamed spp. - New Zealand dusky dolphin NE)
  • Northern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis LC
  • Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii DD
  • Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris VU
  • Australian snubfin dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni NT
  • Killer whale (orca), Orcinus orca DD (unnamed ssp. - resident killer whale NE, unnamed ssp. transient killer whale NE)
  • Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra LC
  • False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens DD
  • Atlantic humpback dolphin, Sousa teuszii VU
  • Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin, Sousa chinensis NT, (ssp. chinensis - Chinese humpback dolphin NE, ssp. taiwanensis - Taiwanese humpback dolphins NE)
  • Indian Ocean humpback dolphin, Sousa plumbea NE
  • Australian humpback dolphin, Sousa sahulensis NE
  • Tucuxi, Sotalia fluvialis DD
  • Guiana dolphin (Costero), Sotalia guianensis DD
  • Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata LC (ssp. attenuata - Offshore pantropical spotted dolphin NE, ssp. graffmani - Coastal pantropical spotted dolphin NE)
  • Clymene dolphin, Stenella clymene DD
  • Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LC
  • Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis DD
  • Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris DD (ssp. centroamericana - Central American spinner dolphin NE, ssp. longirostris - Gray’s spinner dolphin NE, ssp. orientalis - Eastern spinner dolphin VU, ssp. roseiventris - dwarf spinner dolphin NE)
  • Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis LC
  • Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus DD
  • Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LC (ssp. truncatus - common bottlenose dolphin Fiordland subpopulation CR and Mediterranean subpopulation VU, ssp. poncticus - Black Sea bottlenose dolphin CR)
  • Burrunan dolphin, Tursiops australis NE

    • Phocoenidae

  • Indo-pacific finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides VU
  • Narrow-ridged finless porpoise, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis VU, (spp. asiaeorientalis - Yangtze finless porpoise CR, ssp. sumameri - East Asian finless porpoise (Sunameri) NE)
  • Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica DD
  • Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena LC (Baltic Sea supopoulation CR) (ssp. phocoena - Atlantic harbour porpoise NE, ssp. vomerina - Eastern Pacific harbour porpoise NE, ssp. relicta - Black Sea harbour porpoise EN, unnamed ssp. Western Pacific harbour porpoise NE)
  • Vaquita, Phocoena sinus CR
  • Burmeister's porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis DD
  • Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli LC (ssp. dalli - Dalli-type Dall’s porpoise NE, ssp. truei - Truei-type Dall’s porpoiseNE)

    • Trichechidae

  • Amazonian manatee, Trichechus inunguis VU
  • West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus VU (ssp. latirostris - Florida manatee EN, ssp. manatus - Antillean manatee EN)
  • African manatee, Trichechus senegalensis VU

    • Dugongidae

  • Dugong, Dugong dugon VU
  • Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas EX

    • Otariidae

  • South American fur seal, Arctocephalus australis LC (ssp. australis - South American fur seal NE, unnamed ssp. - Peruvian fur seal NE)
  • New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri LC
  • Galápagos fur seal, Arctocephalus galapagoensis EN
  • Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella LC
  • Juan Fernández fur seal, Arctocephalus philippii LC
  • Brown fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus LC (ssp. pusillus - Cape fur seal NE, ssp. doriferus - Australian fur seal NE)
  • Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi LC
  • Subantarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis LC
  • Northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus VU
  • Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus NT (ssp. jubatus - western Steller sea lion EN, ssp. monteriensis - Loughlin’s Steller sea lion LC)
  • Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea EN
  • South American sea lion, Otaria byronia LC
  • New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri EN
  • California sea lion, Zalophus californianus LC
  • Japanese sea lion, Zalophus japonicus EX
  • Galápagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki EN

    • Odobenidae

  • Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus DD (ssp. divergens - Pacific walrus NE, ssp. rosmarus - Atlantic walrus NE)

    • Phocidae

  • Hooded seal, Cysophora cristata VU
  • Bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus LC (ssp. barbatus - Atlantic bearded seal NE, ssp. nauticus - Pacific bearded seal NE)
  • Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus LC (ssp. grypus - Western Atlantic grey seal NE, ssp. macrorhynchus - Eastern Atlantic grey seal NE)
  • Ribbon seal, Histriophoca fasciata DD
  • Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx LC
  • Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii LC
  • Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophaga LC
  • Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina LC
  • Northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris LC
  • Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus CR
  • Caribbean monk seal, Neomonachus tropicalis EX
  • Hawaiian monk seal, Neomonachus schauinslandi CR
  • Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii LC
  • Harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus LC
  • Harbor seal, Phoca vitulina LC (ssp. vitulina - Atlantic harbor seal NE, ssp. mellonae - Ungava harbor seal NE, ssp. richardii - Pacific harbour seal NE)
  • Spotted seal, Phoca largha DD
  • Ringed seal, Pusa hispida LC (ssp. hispida - Arctic ringed seal NE, ssp. botnica - Baltic ringed seal NE , ssp. ochotensis - Okhotsk ringed seal NE, ssp. ladogensis - Lake Logoda ringed seal NE, ssp. saimensis - Saima seal )
  • Caspian seal, Pusa caspica EN
  • Baikal seal, Pusa sibirica LC

    • Ursidae

  • Polar bear, Ursus maritimus VU

    • Mustelidae

  • Sea otter, Enhydra lutris EN (ssp. kenyoni - eastern sea otter NE, ssp. lutris - western sea otter NE, ssp. nereis - southern sea otter NE)
  • Marine otter, Lontra felina EN
  • Sea mink, Neovison macrodon EX

    • References

    List of marine mammal species Wikipedia
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