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APPENDIX B AN INTRODUCTION TO MARINE MAMMALS
APPENDIX B AN INTRODUCTION TO MARINE MAMMALS
Pages 65-73
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Families of marine mammals of the order Carnivora are these: Otariidae, or eared seals (fur seals and sea lions) ; Odobenidae (walrus)
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, Ziphoidea (beaked whales and bottlenose whales) , and suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales)
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Neophocacna phocaenoides Subfamily Phocoenoidinae Australophocaena dioptrica Phocoenoides dalli Family Delphinidae Subfamily Steninae Steno bredanensis Sousa chinensis Sousa plumbea Sousa teuszii Sotalia fluviatilis Subfamily Delphininae Lagenorhynchus albirostris Lagenorhynchus acutus Lagenorhynchus obscurus Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Lagenorhynchus cruciger Lagenorhynchus australis Ganges River dolphin, Ganges susu Indus River dolphin, Indus susu baiji, Yangtze, or Chinese River dolphin franciscana, cachimbo, La Plata dolphin boto, boutu, bufeo, Amazon River dolphin Irrawaddy dolphin, pesut white whale, beluga narwhal harbor porpoise Burmeister's porpoise vaquita, Gulf of California harbor porpoise finless porpoise spectacled porpoise Dall's porpoise rough-toothed dolphin Indopacific hump-backed dolphin plumbeous dolphin Atlantic hump-backed dolphin tucuxi white-beaked dolphin Atlantic white-sided dolphin dusky dolphin Pacific white-sided dolphin hourglass dolphin Peale's dolphin continued on next page
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Berardius bairdii Berardius arnuxii Mesoplodon pacificus Mesoplodon bidens Mesoplodon densirostris Mesoplodon europaeus Mesoplodon layardii Mesoplodon hector) Mesoplodon grayi Mesoplodon stejnegeri Mesoplodon bowdoini Mesoplodon mirus Mesoplodon ginkgodens Mesoplodon carl1~ubbsi Ziphius cavirostris Hyperoodon ampullatus Hyperoodon planifrons Risso's dolphin bottlenose dolphin Atlantic spotted dolphin pantropical spotted dolphin spinner dolphin clymene dolphin striped dolphin common dolphin Fraser's dolphin northern right whale dolphin southern right whale dolphin Commerson's dolphin black dolphin, Chilean dolphin Heaviside's dolphin Hector's dolphin melon-headed whale, electra dolphin pygmy killer whale false killer whale killer whale long-finned pilot whale short-finned pilot whale Shepherd's beaked whale Baird's beaked whale Arnoux's beaked whale Longman's beaked whale Sowerby's beaked whale Blainville's beaked whale Gervais' beaked whale strap-toothed whale Hector's beaked whale Gray's beaked whale Stejneger's beaked whale Andrew's beaked whale True's beaked whale ginkgo-toothed beaked whale Hubb's beaked whale Cuvier's beaked whale northern bottlenose whale southern bottlenose whale
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resumption of full commercial whaling, most of these larger cetaceans, including some species of baleen whales that appear on the Endangered Species List are, as species, in reality not endangered. Some of these species have been completely protected for many years, and all are currently protected by the moratorium on commercial whaling promulgated by the International Whaling Commission.
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A few species live in freshwater. Marine mammals in the order Carnivora include fur seals and sea lions, true seals, walrus, chungungo and sea otters, and polar bears (Table B-21.
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Arctocephalus galapagoensis Arctocephalus australis Arctocephalus pusillus Arctocephalus forsteri Arctocephalus gazella Arctocephalus tropicalis Family Odobenidae of suborder Pinnipedia Odobenus rosmarus Family Phocidae of suborder Pinnipedia Phoca vitulina t Phoca largha Phoca hispida t Phoca sibirica Phoca groenlandica t Phoca fasciata Erignathus barbatus Cystophora cristata Halichoerus grypus t Monachus monachus * Monachus tropicalis ~ Monachus schauinslandi $t Mirounga leonina Mirounga angustirostris Lobodon carcinophagus Ommatophoca rossii Hydrurga leptonyx Leptonychotes weddelli Family Mustelidae Lutrafelina ~ Enhydra lutris Family Ursidae Ursus maritimus South American sea lion Australian sea lion New Zealand sea lion northern fur seal Guadalupe fur seal Juan Fernandez fur seal Galapalgos fur seal South American fur seal Cape fur seal, South African fur seal, Tasmanian fur seal, Victorian fur seal New Zealand fur seal, West Australian fur seal Kerguelen fur seal, Antarctic fur seal Amsterdam Island fur seal walrus harbor seal large seal, spotted seal ringed seal Caspian seal harp seal, Greenland seal ribbon seal bearded seal hooded seal, bladdernose seal gray seal Mediterranean monk seal West Indian monk seal, Caribbean monk seal Hawaiian monk seal southern elephant seal northern elephant seal crabeater seal Ross seal leopard seal Weddell seal Chungungo, marine otter, gato merino sea otter polar bear NOTES: The otters and bear listed in this table are regarded as marine mammals.
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They prey primarily on ringed seals (Phoca hispidaJ. Polar bears also kill other marine mammals such as bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus)
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The Amazonian manatee is found in the Amazon basin and possibly in parts of the Orinoco River system. The West African manatee is apparently most abundant in the Niger River and its tributaries (Nishiwaki et al., 1982)
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