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Scientific NameCommon NameBalaenoptera borealisSei whaleGlobicephala macrorhynchusShort-finned pilot whaleGrampus griseusRisso’s dolphinLagenodelphis hoseiFraser’s dolphinOrcaella brevirostrisIrrawaddy dolphinOrcinus orcaOrcaPeponocephala electraMelon-headed whalePseudorca crassidensFalse killer whaleSousa chinensisIndo-Pacific humpback dolphinStenella attenuataPantropical spotted dolphinStenella longirostrisSpinner dolphinTursiops sp.Bottlenose dolphinKogia sp.Diminutive sperm whalePhyseter macrocephalusSperm whaleZiphius cavirostrisCuvier’s beaked whaleRecords of Cetaceans in the Waters of Papua New GuineaCitationOdyssey logbook 2001 1Munday 1994, Visser 2002 1Visser 2003 1Miyazaki and Wada 1978, Odyssey logbook 2001 1Dawbin 1972, Mitchell 1975, UNEP-WCMC 2003 2Munday 1994, Visser and Bonoccorso 2003 1Munday 1994, Reeves et al. 1999, Visser 2002, UNEP-WCMC 2003 1Munday 1994, Visser 2002 1Dawbin 1972, Jefferson and Karczmarski 2001, UNEP-WCMC 2003 2UNEP-WCMC 2003, Visser 2003 1Munday 1994, Visser 2003, Visser and Bonoccorso 2003, 1Munday 1994, Visser 2003 1Visser 2003 1Lever 1964, Berzin 1972, Dawbin 1972, Munday 1994, Visser andBonoccorso 2003Visser 2003 1Unconfirmed Species1ClassBalaenoptera sp., Bryde’s whale (Ohsumi 1978)Feresa attenuata, Pygmy killer whale (Munday 1994)Lissodelphis peronii, Southern right whale dolphin (UNEP-WCMC 2003) (see text)Megaptera novaeangliae, Humpback whale (Munday 1994)Mesoplodon densirostris, Blainville’s beaked whale (Visser 2003)Steno bredanensis, Rough-toothed dolphin (Visser 2003)52 CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE OF CETACEAN THREATS, DIVERSITY, AND HABITATS IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION