Species Directory
Marine Mammals
All marine mammals are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Some are also protected under the Endangered Species Act and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.Â
NOAA Fisheries has jurisdiction over approximately 119 marine mammal species, while the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has jurisdiction over polar bears, walruses, sea otters, manatees, and dugongs.Â
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Sousa teuszii
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Stenella frontalis
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Lagenorhynchus acutus
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Berardius bairdii
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Erignathus barbatus
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Delphinapterus leucas
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Mesoplodon densirostris
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Balaenoptera musculus
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Balaena mysticetus
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Balaenoptera edeni
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Zalophus californianus
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Lipotes vexillifer
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Stenella clymene
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Tursiops truncatus
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Ziphius cavirostris
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Phocoenoides dalli
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Kogia sima
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Pseudorca crassidens
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Balaenoptera physalus
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Lagenodelphis hosei
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Mesoplodon europaeus
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Halichoerus grypus
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Eschrichtius robustus
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Arctocephalus townsendi
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Phocoena phocoena
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Phoca vitulina
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Pagophilus groenlandicus
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Neomonachus schauinslandi
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Cephalorhynchus hectori
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Cystophora cristata
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Megaptera novaeangliae
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Platanista gangetica minor
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Orcinus orca
Also Known As
Orca
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Delphinus capensis
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Globicephala melas
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Indopacetus pacificus
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Monachus monachus
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Peponocephala electra
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata
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Monodon monoceros
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Eubalaena glacialis
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Eubalaena japonica
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Hyperoodon ampullatus
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Mirounga angustirostris
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Callorhinus ursinus
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Lissodelphis borealis
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Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
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Stenella attenuata
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Feresa attenuata
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Kogia breviceps
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Histriophoca fasciata
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Balaenoptera ricei
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Phoca (pusa) hispida
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Grampus griseus
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Steno bredanensis
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Balaenoptera borealis
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Delphinus delphis
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Globicephala macrorhynchus
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Eubalaena australis
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Mesoplodon bidens
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Physeter macrocephalus
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Stenella longirostris
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Phoca largha
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Mesoplodon stejnegeri
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Eumetopias jubatus
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Stenella coeruleoalba
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Sousa chinensis taiwanensis
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Mesoplodon mirus
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Phocoena sinus
Also Known As
Gulf of California harbor porpoise, Cochito
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Lagenorhynchus albirostris
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