List of marine mammals of Australia
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This is the list of marine mammals found in Australian waters.[1] It is a sub-list of the list of mammals of Australia.
[edit] Cetacea
[edit] Balaenidae
- Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
[edit] Balaenopteridae
- Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- Southern Minke Whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis
- Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis
- Pygmy Bryde's Whale, Balaenoptera edeni
- Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus
- Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus
- Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
[edit] Delphinidae
- Short-beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis
- Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata
- Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
- Long-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melas
- Risso's Dolphin, Grampus griseus
- Fraser's Dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
- Hourglass Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger
- Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
- Southern Rightwhale Dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii
- Irrawaddy Dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris
- Australian Snubfin Dolphin , Orcaella heinsohni
- Orca (Killer Whale), Orcinus orca
- Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephala electra
- False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens
- Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin, Sousa chinensis
- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Stenella attenuata
- Striped Dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
- Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris
- Rough-toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis
- Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops aduncus
- Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
[edit] Kogiidae
- Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps
- Dwarf Sperm Whale, Kogia simus
[edit] Phocoenidae
- Spectacled Porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica
[edit] Physeteridae
- Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus
[edit] Ziphiidae
- Arnoux's Beaked Whale, Berardius arnuxii
- Southern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon planifrons
- Longman's Beaked Whale, Indopacetus pacificus
- Andrews' beaked whale, Mesoplodon bowdoini
- Blainville's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon densirostris
- Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens
- Gray's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon grayi
- Hector's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon hectori
- Strap-toothed Whale, Mesoplodon layardii
- True's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon mirus
- Shepherd's Beaked Whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi
- Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Ziphius cavirostris
[edit] Sirenia
- Dugong, Dugong dugon
[edit] Carnivora
[edit] Pinnipedia
[edit] Otariidae
- New Zealand Fur Seal, Arctocephalus forsteri
- Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella
- Australian Fur Seal, Arctocephalus pusillus
- Subantarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis
- Australian Sea Lion, Neophoca cinerea
- New Zealand Sea Lion, Phocarctos hookeri
[edit] Phocidae
- Leopard Seal, Hydrurga leptonyx
- Weddell Seal, Leptonychotes weddelli
- Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophaga
- Southern Elephant Seal, Mirounga leonina
- Ross Seal, Ommatophoca rossi
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) The Mammals of Australia, Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane ISBN 978-1-877069-25-3
