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 (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