List of marine mammals of Australia
This is the list of marine mammals found in Australian waters.[1] It is a sub-list of the list of mammals of Australia.
Conservation status listed follows the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v. 2013.2; data current at 3 March 2014[2]):
EX – extinct
EW – extinct in the wild
CR – critically endangered
EN – endangered
VU – vulnerable
NT – near threatened
LC – least concern
DD – data deficient
NE – not evaluated
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- Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis LC
- Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
- Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus DD
- Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas DD
- Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus LC
- Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei LC
- Hourglass dolphin, Sagmatias cruciger LC
- Dusky dolphin, Sagmatias obscurus DD
- Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii DD
- Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris VU
- Australian snubfin dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni NT
- Orca (killer whale), Orcinus orca DD
- Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra LC
- False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens NT
- Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis VU
- Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata LC
- Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LC
- Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris DD
- Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis LC
- Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus DD
- Burrunan dolphin, Tursiops australis (T. truncatus: LC, T. aduncus: DD)
- Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LC
- Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii DD
- Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons LC
- Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus DD
- Andrews' beaked whale, Mesoplodon bowdoini DD
- Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
- Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
- Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi DD
- Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori DD
- Strap-toothed whale, Mesoplodon layardii DD
- True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus DD
- Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi DD
- Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris LC
Dugongidae
See also
References
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