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

Cetacea

Balaenidae

• Southern right whale, Eubalaena australisLC

Balaenopteridae

• Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrataLC
• Southern minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensisDD
• Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealisEN
• Pygmy Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeniDD
• Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omuraiDD
• Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculusEN (ssp. brevicauda – pygmy blue whale: DD, ssp. intermedia: CR)
• Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalusEN
• Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliaeLC (Oceania subpopulation: EN)

Delphinidae

• Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphisLC
• Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuataDD
• Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchusDD
• Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melasDD
• Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseusLC
• Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hoseiLC
• Hourglass dolphin, Sagmatias crucigerLC
• Dusky dolphin, Sagmatias obscurusDD
• Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peroniiDD
• Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostrisVU
• Australian snubfin dolphin, Orcaella heinsohniNT
• Orca (killer whale), Orcinus orcaDD
• Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electraLC
• False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidensNT
• Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensisVU
• Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuataLC
• Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalbaLC
• Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostrisDD
• Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensisLC
• Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncusDD
• Burrunan dolphin, Tursiops australis ( T. truncatus : LC, T. aduncus : DD)
• Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatusLC

Kogiidae

• Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia brevicepsDD
• Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simusDD

Neobalaenidae

• Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginataDD

Phocoenidae

• Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptricaDD

Physeteridae

• Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalusVU

Ziphiidae

• Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxiiDD
• Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifronsLC
• Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificusDD
• Andrews' beaked whale, Mesoplodon bowdoiniDD
• Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostrisDD
• Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodensDD
• Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayiDD
• Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectoriDD
• Strap-toothed whale, Mesoplodon layardiiDD
• True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirusDD
• Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdiDD
• Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostrisLC

Sirenia

Dugongidae

• Dugong, Dugong dugonVU

Carnivora

Pinnipedia

Otariidae

• Australian fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillusLC
• New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteriLC
• Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazellaLC
• Subantarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus tropicalisLC
• Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinereaEN
• New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeriVU

Phocidae

• Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyxLC
• Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddelliiLC
• Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagaLC
• Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leoninaLC
• Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossiiLC

See also

• List of mammals of Australia
  • List of monotremes and marsupials of Australia
  • List of bats of Australia
  • List of rodents of Australia
  • List of placental mammals introduced to Australia

References

1. Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) The Mammals of Australia, Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane ISBN   978-1-877069-25-3
2. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 3 March 2014.