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Aquatic Mammals

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Classification Order Family Genus/species Common Name
Aquatic Mammal (Mammalia) Artiodactyla Hippopotamidae Hippopotamus amphibius Hippopotamus
Choeropsis liberiensis Pygmy Hippo
Carnivora (Fissipedia) Mustelidae Enhydra lutris Sea Otter
Lontra canadensis North American River Otter
Cetacea (Mysticeti) Balaenidae Balaena mysticetus Bowhead Whale
Eubalaena glacialis Northern Right Whale
Balaenopterdiae Megaptera novaeanglia Humpback Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Minke Whale
Balaenoptera borealis Sei Whale
Balaenoptera edeni Bryde's Whale
Balaenoptera musculus Blue Whale
Balaenoptera physalus Fin Whale
Eschrictiidae Eschrichtius robustus Gray Whale
Cetacea (Odontoceti) Delphinidae Cephalorhynchus hectori Hector's Dolphin
Delphinus delphis Short-beaked Common Dolphin
Feresa attenuata Pygmy Killer Whale
Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melas (=melaena) Long-finned Pilot Whale
Grampus griseus Risso's Dolphin
Inia geoffrensis Amazon River Dolphin
Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser's Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic White-sided Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus albirostris Atlantic White-beaked Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Lissodelphis borealis Northern Right Whale Dolphin
Peponocephala electra Melon-headed Whale
Pseudorca crassidens False Killer Whale
Stenella attenuata Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
Stenella clymene Clymene Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba Striped Dolphin
Stenella frontalis Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
Stenella longirostris Spinner Dolphin Hawaii
Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin
Kogiidae Kogia breviceps Pygmy Sperm Whale
Kogia simus Dwarf Sperm Whale
Monodontidae Delphinapterus leucas Beluga Whale
Monodon monoceros Narwhal
Phocoenidae Phocoena phocoena Harbor Porpoise
Phocoenidae Phocoenoides dalli Dall's Porpoise
Physeteridae Physeter macrocephalus (=catadon) Sperm Whale
Plantanistoidea Pontoporia blanvillei La Plata Dolphin (Franciscanna)
Steninae Sotalia fluviatilis Tucuxi
Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin
Ziphiidae Mesoplodon bidens Sowerby's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais' Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon mirus True's Beaked Whale
Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Carnivora (Pinnipedia) Odobenidae Odobenus rosmarus Walrus
Otariidae Callorhinus ursinus Northern Fur Seal
Zalophus californianus California Sea Lion
Phocidae Cystophora cristata Hooded Seal
Halichoerus grypus Gray Seal
Leptonychotes weddellii Weddell Seal
Mirounga angustirostris Northern Elephant Seal
Phoca groenlandica Harp Seal
Phoca hispida Ringed Seal
Phoca vitulina Harbor Seal
Sirenia Dugongidae Dugong dugon Dugong
Hydrodamalis gigas Steller's Sea Cow
Trichechidae Trichechus manatus West Indian Manatee