List of marine mammals of Australia explained
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]):
– extinct
– extinct in the wild
– critically endangered
– endangered
– vulnerable
– near threatened
– least concern
– data deficient
– not evaluated
| | |
Cetacea
- Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- Southern minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis
- Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis
- Pygmy Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni
- Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omurai
- Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus (ssp. brevicauda – pygmy blue whale:, ssp. intermedia:)
- Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
- Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae (Oceania subpopulation:)
- Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis
- Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata
- Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
- Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas
- Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
- Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
- Hourglass dolphin, Sagmatias cruciger
- Dusky dolphin, Sagmatias obscurus
- Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii
- Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris
- Australian snubfin dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni
- Orca (killer whale), Orcinus orca
- Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra
- False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
- Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis
- Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata
- Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
- Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris
- Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis
- Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus
- Burrunan dolphin, Tursiops australis (T. truncatus:, T. aduncus:)
- Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
- Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus
Ziphiidae
- Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii
- Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons
- Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus
- Andrews' beaked whale, Mesoplodon bowdoini
- Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris
- Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens
- Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi
- Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori
- Strap-toothed whale, Mesoplodon layardii
- True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus
- Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi
- Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris
Sirenia
Dugongidae
Carnivora
Pinnipedia
See also
Notes and References
- Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) The Mammals of Australia, Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane
- Web site: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources . 3 March 2014.
