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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
ESA Endangered
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
Gulf of Mexico Bryde's Whale
Balaenoptera edeni (GoM subspecies)
Whales
ESA Endangered
CITES Appendix II
MMPA Protected
Southeast
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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
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