Species Directory

All Species

Species Illustration	Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status	Region
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
Image	Stejneger's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon stejnegeri	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II	Region Alaska 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	Sowerby's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bidens	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered - Foreign MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I	Region Foreign
Image ,	Short-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus	Species Category Whales Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
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	Rice's Whale Balaenoptera ricei	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I	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 ,	Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata	Species Category Whales Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast
Image	Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix I	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	North Pacific Right Whale Eubalaena japonica	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I	Region Alaska 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	Narwhal Monodon monoceros	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II	Region Alaska
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 ,	Melon-Headed Whale Peponocephala electra	Species Category Whales Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Longman's Beaked Whale Indopacetus pacificus	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II	Region Pacific Islands
Image ,	Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas	Species Category Whales Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
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	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	Gray Whale Eschrichtius robustus	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I	Region Alaska 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	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 ,	False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens	Species Category Whales Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska 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