Species Directory

All Species

Species Illustration	Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status	Region
Image	Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Bryde’s Whale Balaenoptera edeni	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image ,	False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Gervais' Beaked Whale Mesoplodon europaeus	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered ESA Endangered ESA Endangered - Foreign ESA Endangered - Foreign ESA Threatened MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted MMPA Depleted MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image ,	Killer Whale Orcinus orca Also Known As Orca	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image ,	Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image ,	Melon-Headed Whale Peponocephala electra	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix I CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image ,	Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast
Image	Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Rice's Whale Balaenoptera ricei	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I	Region Southeast
Image	Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image ,	Short-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	True's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon mirus	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast