Skip to main content

Species Directory

All Species

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