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Want to know more about a marine mammal? Below are links to articles and pictures by D.C., as well as items submitted by students. Each species is also linked to another site that has information about that animal. Some even have web cams, so you can see the species live in action. Thank you TMMSN & CMS for providing most of the information on the cetacean species links and SCS for most information on the pinniped links.

See a species that we do not have our own article for, yet? You can write something for us. We accept and publish almost any report written by students at any level of education. Original photos and drawings are also appreciated.

*Sometimes common names will differ, so be sure to look at the scientific names.

Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises)

• Andrews' Beaked whale (Mesoplodon bowdoini)

• Arnoux's Beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii)

• Australian Snubfin Dolphin (Orcaelle heinsohni)

• Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer)

• Baird's Beaked whale (Berardius bairdii)

• Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

  • Marine Mammal Milestones article

  • Beluga Cam at Vancouver Aquarium

• Black dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia)

• Blainville's Beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)

• Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

• Boto or Amazon River dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)

• Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

  • Marine Mammal Milestones article

• Bottlenose whale, Northern (Hyperoodon ampullatus)

• Bottlenose whale, Southern (Hyperoodon planifrons)

• Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)

• Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni)

  • Marine Mammal Milestones article

• Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)

• Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii)

• Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)

• Curvier's Beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)

• Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)

• Dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus)

• Dwarf Sperm whale (Kogia simus)

• False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)

• Fin whale (Baleanoptera physalus)

• Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)

• Franciscana or La Plata dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei)

• Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei)

• Ganges River dolphin (Platanista gangetica)

• Gervais' Beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus)

• Ginko-toothed Beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens)

• Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)

• Gray's Beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi)

• Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

• Heaviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii)

• Hector's Beaked whale (Mesoplodon hectori)

• Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori)

• Hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger)

• Hubbs' Beaked whale (Mesoplodon carlhubbsi)

• Humpback whale (Megaptera novaengliae)

• Hump-backed dolphin, Atlantic (Sousa teuszii)

• Hump-backed dolphin, Indo-Pacific (Sousa chinensis)

• Indus River dolphin (Platanista minor)

• Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)

• Killer whale (Orcinus orca)

  • Marine Mammal Milestones article

• Lesser Beaked whale (Mesoplodon peruvianus)

• Longman's Beaked whale (Mesoplodon pacificus)

• Melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra)

• Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

• Narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

• Peale's dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis)

• Pilot whale, Short-finned (Globicephala macrorhynchus)

• Pilot whale, Long-finned (Globicephala melas)

• Pygmy Killer whale (Feresa attenuata)

• Pygmy Right whale (Caperea marginata)

• Pygmy Sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)

• Right whale, Northern (Eubalaena glacialis)

• Right whale, North Pacific (Eubalaena japonica)

• Right whale (Eubalaena australis)

• Right whale, Southern (Eubalaena australis)

• Rightwhale dolphin, Northern (Lissodelphis borealis)

• Rightwhale dolphin, Southern (Lissodelphis peronii)

• Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus)

• Rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis)

• Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)

• Shepherd's Beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)

• Sowerby's Beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens)

• Spectacled porpoise (Australophocaena dioptricia)

• Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

• Spinner dolphin, Long-snouted (Stenella longirostris)

  • Marine Mammal Milestones article

• Spinner dolphin, Short-snouted (Stenella clymene)

• Spotted dolphin, Atlantic (Stenella frontalis)

• Spotted dolphin, Pantropical (Stenella attenuata)

• Stejneger's Beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri)

• Strap-toothed whale (Mesoplodon layardii)

• Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)

• True's Beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus)

• Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis)

• Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)

• White-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris)

• White-sided dolphin, Atlantic (Lagenorhynchus acutus)

• White-sided dolphin, Pacific (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)

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