List of marine mammal species
s comprise over 130 living and recently extinct species in three taxonomic orders. The Society for Marine Mammalogy, an international scientific society, maintains a list of valid species and subspecies, most recently updated in October 2015. This list follows the Society's taxonomy regarding and subspecies.
Conservation status codes listed follow the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and are clickable to link to IUCN Red List species pages.
Order [Cetartiodactyla]
Footnote on use of Cetartiodactyla[Cetacea]
[Mysticeti]
[Balaenidae]
- North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis
- North Pacific right whale, Eubalaena japonica
- Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis
- Bowhead whale or Greenland right whale, Balaena mysticetus
[Balaenopteridae]
- Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis
- Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis
- Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni
- Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omurai
- Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
- Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
- Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
[Neobalaenidae]
- Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata
[Eschrichtiidae]
- Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
[Odontoceti]
[Physeteridae]
- Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus
[Kogiidae]
- Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps
- Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus
[Ziphiidae]
- Baird's beaked whale, Berardius bairdii
- Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii
- Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus
- Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons
- Tropical bottlenose whale, Indopacetus pacificus
- Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens
- Andrews' beaked whale, Mesoplodon bowdoini
- Hubbs' beaked whale, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
- Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris
- Gervais' beaked whale, Mesoplodon europaeus
- Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens
- Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi
- Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori
- Deraniyagala's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hotaula
- Strap-toothed whale, Mesoplodon layardii
- True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus
- Perrin's beaked whale, Mesoplodon perrini
- Pygmy beaked whale, Mesoplodon peruvianus
- Stejneger's beaked whale, Mesoplodon stejnegeri
- Spade-toothed whale, Mesoplodon traversii
- Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi
- Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris
[Platanistidae]
- South Asian river dolphin, Platanista gangetica
[Iniidae]
- Amazon river dolphin, Inia geoffrensis
[Lipotidae]
- Baiji, Lipotes vexillifer
[Pontoporiidae]
- La Plata dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei
[Monodontidae]
- Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas
- Narwhal, Monodon monoceros
[Delphinidae]
- Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii
- Chilean dolphin, Cephalorhynchus eutropia
- Heaviside's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
- Hector's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori
- Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis
- 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
- Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus
- White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris
- Peale's dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis
- Hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger
- Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
- Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
- Northern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis
- Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii
- Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris
- Australian snubfin dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni
- Killer whale, Orcinus orca
- Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra
- False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
- Atlantic humpback dolphin, Sousa teuszii
- Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin, Sousa chinensis ,
- Indian Ocean humpback dolphin, Sousa plumbea
- Australian humpback dolphin, Sousa sahulensis
- Tucuxi, Sotalia fluvialis
- Guiana dolphin, Sotalia guianensis
- Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata
- Clymene dolphin, Stenella clymene
- Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
- Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
- Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris
- Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis
- Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus
- Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
- Burrunan dolphin, Tursiops australis
[Phocoenidae]
- Indo-Pacific finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides
- Narrow-ridged finless porpoise, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis ,
- Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica
- Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
- Vaquita, Phocoena sinus
- Burmeister's porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis
- Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli
Order [Sirenia]
[Trichechidae]
- Amazonian manatee, Trichechus inunguis
- West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus
- African manatee, Trichechus senegalensis
[Dugongidae]
- Dugong, Dugong dugon
- Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas
Order [Carnivora]
[Pinnipedia]
[Otariidae]
- South American fur seal, Arctocephalus australis
- New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri
- Galápagos fur seal, Arctocephalus galapagoensis
- Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella
- Juan Fernández fur seal, Arctocephalus philippii
- Brown fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus
- Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
- Subantarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis
- Northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus
- Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
- Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea
- South American sea lion, Otaria byronia
- New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri
- California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
- Japanese sea lion, Zalophus japonicus
- Galápagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki
[Odobenidae]
- Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus
[Phocidae]
- Hooded seal, Cystophora cristata
- Bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus
- Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus
- Ribbon seal, Histriophoca fasciata
- Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx
- Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii
- Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus
- Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
- Northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
- Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus
- Caribbean monk seal, Neomonachus tropicalis
- Hawaiian monk seal, Neomonachus schauinslandi
- Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii
- Harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus
- Harbor seal, Phoca vitulina
- Spotted seal, Phoca largha
- Ringed seal, Pusa hispida
- Caspian seal, Pusa caspica
- Baikal seal, Pusa sibirica
[Ursidae]
- Polar bear, Ursus maritimus
[Mustelidae]
- Sea otter, Enhydra lutris
- Marine otter, Lontra felina
- Sea mink, Neovison macrodon
Order [Chiroptera]
[Vespertilionidae]
- Fish-eating bat, Myotis vivesi
[Noctilionidae]
- Greater bulldog bat, Noctilio leporinus
Footnotes