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.
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.
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Lagenorhynchus albirostris
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Phocoena sinus
Also Known As
Gulf of California harbor porpoise, Cochito
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Mesoplodon mirus
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Sousa chinensis taiwanensis
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Stenella coeruleoalba
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Eumetopias jubatus
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Mesoplodon stejnegeri
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Phoca largha
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Stenella longirostris
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Physeter macrocephalus
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Mesoplodon bidens
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Eubalaena australis
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Globicephala macrorhynchus
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