List of marine mammal species

Conservation status codes listed follow the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v. 2014.3; data current at 19 January 2015^[2]) and are clickable to link to IUCN Red List species pages.

EX - extinct EW - extinct in the wild CR - critically endangered EN - endangered VU - vulnerable NT - near threatened LC - least concern DD - data deficient NE - not evaluated

Order

Cetartiodactyla

Footnote on use of Cetartiodactyla^[a]

Cetacea

Mysticeti

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 right whale, Balaena mysticetus LC

Balaenopteridae

• dwarf minke whale
  NE)
• Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis DD
• southern sei whale
  NE)
• Eden's whale
  NE )
• 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 - southern blue whale CR, ssp. indica - great Indian 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

Odontoceti

Physeteridae

• Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU

Kogiidae

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

Ziphiidae

• Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii

DD

• Baird's beaked whale, Berardius bairdii DD
• Sato's beaked whale, Berardius minimus NT
• 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

• Ganges river dolphin, Platanista gangetica EN
• Indus river dolphin, Platanista minor EN

Iniidae

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

Lipotidae

• Baiji, Lipotes vexillifer CR, possibly EX^[9]

Pontoporiidae

• La Plata dolphin (Franciscana), Pontoporia blainvillei VU

Monodontidae

• Beluga, 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
• Maui's dolphin or North Island Hector’s dolphin CR
  )
• Indo-Pacific common dolphin
  NE)
• 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
• White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris LC
• Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus 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
• transient killer whale
  NE)
• Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra LC
• False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens DD
• Atlantic humpback dolphin, Sousa teuszii VU
• 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
• Atlantic bottlenose dolphin Fiordland subpopulation CR and Mediterranean subpopulation VU, ssp. gillii - Pacific bottlenose dolphin, 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 subpopoulation 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
• Truei-type Dall’s porpoise
  NE)

Order Sirenia

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

Order Carnivora

Pinnipedia

Otariidae

• Australian fur seal
  NE)
• South American fur seal, Arctophoca australis LC (ssp. australis - South American fur seal NE, unnamed ssp. - Peruvian fur seal NE)
• New Zealand fur seal, Arctophoca forsteri LC
• Galápagos fur seal, Arctophoca galapagoensis EN
• Antarctic fur seal, Arctophoca gazella LC
• Juan Fernández fur seal, Arctophoca philippii LC
• Guadalupe fur seal, Arctophoca townsendi LC
• Subantarctic fur seal, Arctophoca 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, Cystophora 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 carcinophagus LC
• Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina LC
• Northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris LC
• Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus CR
• Hawaiian monk seal, Neomonachus schauinslandi CR
• Caribbean monk seal, Neomonachus tropicalis EX
• 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 - northern sea otter NE, ssp. lutris - common sea otter NE, ssp. nereis - southern sea otter NE)
• Marine otter, Lontra felina EN
• Sea mink, Neovison macrodon EX

See also

• List of mammals
• List of cetaceans

Footnotes