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Table E-16. <strong>Marine</strong> Mammals Common in the NMFS Southwest Region (continued)<br />

Common Name Scientific Name<br />

Cuvier’s beaked<br />

whale<br />

Federal<br />

Status<br />

under ESA<br />

Ziphius cavirostris * Pelagic<br />

E-26<br />

Distribution<br />

Dall’s porpoise Phocoenoides dalli * Year-round resident, nearshore in<br />

deep water, pelagic<br />

Dwarf sperm<br />

whale<br />

Kogia sima * Rare further north, pelagic<br />

Ginkgo-toothed<br />

beaked whale<br />

Mesoplodon<br />

ginkgodens<br />

False killer whale Pseudorca<br />

crassidens<br />

Harbor porpoise Phocoena<br />

phocoena<br />

Hubb’s beaked<br />

whale<br />

Mesoplodon<br />

carlhubbsi<br />

* Rare, pelagic<br />

* Occasional, pelagic<br />

* Coastal in bays, estuaries, and<br />

rivers; frequent offshore banks<br />

* Pelagic<br />

Killer whale Orcinus orca * Incidental accounts of transients in<br />

area, most likely from northern<br />

latitudes; common inshore visitors<br />

Long-beaked<br />

common dolphin<br />

Northern right<br />

whale dolphin<br />

Pacific white-sided<br />

dolphin<br />

Perrin’s beaked<br />

whale<br />

Pygmy sperm<br />

whale<br />

Delphinus capensis * Occur in southern California,<br />

prefer shallow, warm waters<br />

Lissodelphis<br />

borealis<br />

Lagenorhynchus<br />

obliquidens<br />

Mesoplodon perrini * Pelagic<br />

Kogia breviceps * Pelagic<br />

* Inshore winter through spring,<br />

pelagic<br />

* Year-round resident, peak winter<br />

through spring, pelagic<br />

Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus * Year-round resident, pelagic<br />

Rough-toothed<br />

dolphin<br />

Short-beaked<br />

common dolphin<br />

Short-finned pilot<br />

whale<br />

Steno bredanensis * Uncommon, pelagic<br />

Delphinus delphis * Year-round resident, pelagic<br />

Globicephala<br />

macrorhynchus<br />

Sperm whale Physeter<br />

macrocephalus<br />

Stejneger’s beaked<br />

whale<br />

Mesoplodon<br />

stejnegeri<br />

Striped dolphin Stenella<br />

coeruleoalba<br />

* Small year-round population, peak<br />

late winter/early spring<br />

E Peak from November-April,<br />

generally pelagic<br />

* Pelagic<br />

* Pelagic

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