Volume III, Appendices EM - National Marine Fisheries Service ...
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Table E-16. <strong>Marine</strong> Mammals Common in the NMFS Southwest Region<br />
Common Name Scientific Name<br />
Otarrids (eared seals or sea lions)<br />
California sea lion Zalophus<br />
californianus<br />
Guadalupe fur seal Arctocephalus<br />
townsendi<br />
Northern elephant<br />
seal<br />
Mirounga<br />
angustirostris<br />
Northern fur seal Callorhinus<br />
ursinus<br />
Federal<br />
Status<br />
under ESA<br />
E-25<br />
Distribution<br />
* Year-round resident<br />
T Breeds off Baja California<br />
* Year-round resident<br />
* Year-round resident<br />
Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatas T/CH Visitor to area from southern<br />
breeding grounds, coastal to<br />
pelagic<br />
Phocids (true or earless seals)<br />
Harbor seal<br />
Mysticetes<br />
Phoca vitulina * Year-round resident<br />
Blue whale Balaenoptera<br />
musculus<br />
E Population highest in spring due to<br />
northward migration from<br />
subtropics<br />
Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera edeni * Rare in southern California<br />
Fin whale Balaenoptera<br />
physalus<br />
Gray whale Eschrichtius<br />
robustus<br />
Humpback whale Megaptera<br />
novaeangliae<br />
Minke whale Balaenoptera<br />
acutorostrata<br />
North Pacific right<br />
whale<br />
Eubalaena<br />
japonica<br />
Sei whale Balaenoptera<br />
borealis<br />
Odontocetes (toothed whales and dolphins)<br />
Baird’s beaked<br />
whale<br />
Blainville’s beaked<br />
whale<br />
E Common in summer, visits coastal<br />
waters in many areas, migratory<br />
* Migration population, with peak<br />
abundance in winter and spring<br />
E Migratory population, with peak<br />
abundance mainly during summer<br />
but also in autumn<br />
* Year-round resident, frequent<br />
coastal regions, bays, offshore<br />
banks<br />
E Only two sightings in southern<br />
California<br />
E Seen in summer/fall during<br />
migration, pelagic<br />
Berardius bairdii * Peak June-October, pelagic<br />
Mesoplodon<br />
densirostris<br />
* Pelagic<br />
Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus * Year-round resident; frequents<br />
bays and estuaries in southern<br />
regions