List of marine mammals of Australia facts for kids
This is the list of marine mammals found in Australian waters. 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):
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Cetacea
Balaenidae
- Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis
Balaenopteridae
- 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: )
Delphinidae
- 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
Kogiidae
- Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps
- Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus
Neobalaenidae
- Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata
Phocoenidae
- Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica
Physeteridae
- 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
- Dugong, Dugong dugon
Carnivora
Pinnipedia
Otariidae
- Australian fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus
- New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri
- Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella
- Subantarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis
- Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea
- New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri
Phocidae
- Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx
- Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii
- Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophaga
- Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
- Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii
See also
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