Marine mammals

Cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians and otters. Marine mammals are the most charismatic ocean fauna, with many species under strong conservation pressure.

29 species cataloged.

Species

• Arctocephalus galapagoensis - Galapagos Fur Seal
• Balaenoptera edeni - Bryde's whale
• Balaenoptera musculus - Blue whale
• Balaenoptera physalus - Fin whale
• Delphinus delphis - Common dolphin
• Dugong dugon - Dugong
• Eubalaena glacialis - North Atlantic Right Whale
• Globicephala macrorhynchus - Short-finned pilot whale
• Globicephala melas - Long-finned pilot whale
• Grampus griseus - Risso's Dolphin
• Kogia breviceps - Pygmy Sperm Whale
• Megaptera novaeangliae - Humpback whale
• Monachus monachus - Mediterranean monk seal
• Orcinus orca - Killer whale
• Phocoena phocoena - Harbour Porpoise
• Physeter macrocephalus - Sperm whale
• Pseudorca crassidens - False Killer Whale
• Sousa chinensis - Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin
• Stenella frontalis - Atlantic spotted dolphin
• Tursiops aduncus - Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
• Tursiops truncatus - Common bottlenose dolphin
• Zalophus wollebaeki - Galapagos Sea Lion
• Ziphius cavirostris - Cuvier's beaked whale
• Delphinus capensis - Long-Beaked Common Dolphin
• Feresa attenuata - Pygmy Killer Whale
• Lutra lutra - Eurasian otter
• Mesoplodon densirostris - Blainville's Beaked Whale
• Peponocephala electra - Melon-Headed Whale
• Steno bredanensis - Rough-Toothed Dolphin