Marine mammals occurring in the MBNMS, including federal and state species status.
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COMMON NAME |
SPECIES NAME |
STATUS |
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northern elephant seal |
Mirounga angustirostris |
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harbor seal |
Phoca vitulina |
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California sea lion |
Zalophus californianus |
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Steller sea lion |
Eumetopias jubatus |
FT |
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northern fur seal |
Callorhinus ursinus |
D |
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Guadalupe fur seal |
Arctocephalus townsendi |
FT, ST |
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COMMON NAME |
SPECIES NAME |
STATUS |
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blue whale |
Balaenoptera musculus |
FE |
|
fin whale |
Balaenoptera physalus |
FE |
|
sei whale |
Balaenoptera borealis |
FE |
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minke whale |
Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
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|
humpback whale |
Megaptera novaeangliae |
FE |
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California gray whale |
Eschrichtius robustus |
|
|
Pacific right whale |
Eubalaena glacialis |
FE |
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sperm whale |
Physeter macrocephalus |
FE |
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pygmy sperm whale |
Kogia breviceps |
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dwarf sperm whale |
Kogia simus |
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Baird's beaked whale |
Berardius bairdi |
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Cuvier's beaked whale |
Ziphius cavirostris |
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Hubbs' beaked whale |
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi |
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short-finned pilot whale |
Globicephala macrorhynchus |
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killer whale |
Orcinus orca |
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false killer whale |
Pseudorca crassidens |
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Pacific white-sided dolphin |
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens |
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northern right whale dolphin |
Lissodelphis borealis |
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Risso's dolphin |
Grampus griseus |
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short-beaked common dolphin |
Delphinus delphinus |
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long-beaked common dolphin |
Delphinus capensis |
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bottlenose dolphin |
Tursiops truncatus |
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striped dolphin |
Stenella coeruleoalba |
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Dall's porpoise |
Phocoenoides dalli |
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harbor porpoise |
Phocoena phocoena |
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COMMON NAME |
SPECIES NAME |
STATUS |
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southern sea otter |
Enhydra lutris |
FT |
