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Jumat, 17 Februari 2017

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):

Cetacea

Balaenidae

  • Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis LC

Balaenopteridae

  • Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
  • Southern minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis DD
  • Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN
  • Pygmy Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni DD
  • Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omurai DD
  • Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus EN (ssp. brevicauda - Pygmy Blue Whale: DD, ssp. intermedia: CR)
  • Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus EN
  • Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC (Oceania subpopulation: EN)

Delphinidae

  • Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis LC
  • Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
  • Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus DD
  • Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas DD
  • Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus LC
  • Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei LC
  • Hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger LC
  • Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus DD
  • Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii DD
  • Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris VU
  • Australian snubfin dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni NT
  • Orca (killer whale), Orcinus orca DD
  • Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra LC
  • False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens DD
  • Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin, Sousa chinensis NT
  • Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata LC
  • Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LC
  • Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris DD
  • Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis LC
  • Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus DD
  • Burrunan dolphin, Tursiops australis (T. truncatus: LC, T. aduncus: DD)
  • Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LC

Kogiidae

  • Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps DD
  • Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus DD

Neobalaenidae

  • Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata DD

Phocoenidae

  • Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica DD

Physeteridae

  • Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU

Ziphiidae

  • Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii DD
  • Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons LC
  • Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus DD
  • Andrews' beaked whale, Mesoplodon bowdoini DD
  • Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
  • Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
  • Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi DD
  • Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori DD
  • Strap-toothed whale, Mesoplodon layardii DD
  • True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus DD
  • Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi DD
  • Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris LC

Sirenia

Dugongidae

  • Dugong, Dugong dugon VU

Carnivora

Pinnipedia

Otariidae

  • New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri LC
  • Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella LC
  • Australian fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus LC
  • Subantarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis LC
  • Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea EN
  • New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri VU

Phocidae

  • Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx LC
  • Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii LC
  • Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophaga LC
  • Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina LC
  • Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii LC

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

 
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