List of Australian marine mammals

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Contents 1 Cetacea 1.1 Balaenidae 1.1.1 Balaenopteridae 1.1.2 Neobalaenidae 1.1.3 Delphinidae 1.1.4 Kogiidae 1.1.5 Phocoenidae 1.1.6 Physeteridae 1.1.7 Ziphiidae 2 Sirenia 3 Carnivora 3.1 Pinnipedia 3.1.1 Otariidae 3.1.2 Phocidae 4 See also

This is a list of Australian marine mammals.

[edit] Cetacea

[edit] Balaenidae

• Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis

[edit] Balaenopteridae

• Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
• Southern Minke Whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis
• Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis
• Pygmy Bryde's Whale, Balaenoptera edeni
• Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus
• Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus
• Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae

[edit] Neobalaenidae

• Pygmy Right Whale, Caperea marginata

[edit] 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, Lagenorhynchus cruciger
• Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
• Southern Rightwhale 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 Hump-backed 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
• Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus

[edit] Kogiidae

• Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps
• Dwarf Sperm Whale, Kogia simus

[edit] Phocoenidae

• Spectacled Porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica

[edit] Physeteridae

• Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus

[edit] Ziphiidae

• Arnoux's Beaked Whale, Berardius arnuxii
• Southern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon planifrons
• Longman's Beaked Whale, Indopacetus pacificus
• Andrew's 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

[edit] Sirenia

Dugongidae

• Dugong, Dugong dugon

[edit] Carnivora

[edit] Pinnipedia

[edit] Otariidae

• New Zealand Fur Seal, Arctocephalus forsteri
• Antarctic Fur Seal , Arctocephalus gazella
• Australian Fur Seal, Arctocephalus pusillus
• Subantarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis
• Australian Sea Lion, Neophoca cinerea
• New Zealand Sea Lion, Phocarctos hookeri

[edit] Phocidae

• Leopard Seal , Hydrurga leptonyx
• Weddell Seal , Leptonychotes weddelli
• Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophagus
• Southern Elephant Seal, Mirounga leonina
• Ross Seal, Ommatophoca rossi

[edit] See also

• List of Australian mammals
  • List of Australian monotremes and marsupials
  • List of Australian bats
  • List of Australian rodents
  • List of Australian introduced placental mammals