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within the Pitcairn group reported in Reeves et al.(1999) and referenced to unpublished data by S.Leatherwood as the source of this information. Spermwhale is also believed to historically occur within thisremote group of islands (Lever 1964). The geographicrange of humpback whales has recently been amendedto include the Pitcairn group (IUCN 2006) and theirpresence has been confirmed by sightings (G. Wragg,pers. comm.). Minke whales, Cuvier’s beaked whale andunidentified dolphins have been reported in the regionbut are not documented (G. Wragg, pers. comm.).Scientific NameCommon NameBalaenoptera edeniPygmy Bryde’s whaleMegaptera novaeangliaeHumpback whaleGlobicephala macrorhynchusShort-finned pilot whaleGrampus griseusRisso’s dolphinLagenodelphis hoseiFraser’s dolphinOrcinus orcaOrcaPeponocephala electraMelon-headed whalePseudorca crassidensFalse killer whaleStenella coeruleoalbaStriped dolphinStenella longirostrisSpinner dolphinSteno bredanensisRough-toothed dolphinTursiops sp.Bottlenose dolphinKogia simaDwarf sperm whalePhyseter macrocephalusSperm whaleZiphius cavirostrisCuvier’s beaked whaleRecords of Cetaceans in the Waters of SamoaCitationSamoa Stranding Database 2006 1Paterson 2001, Paton and Gibbs 2002, Noad et al. unpub. 1Paton and Gibbs 2002, Childerhouse 2005 1Samoa Stranding Database 2006 1Samoa Stranding Database 2006 1Miyashita et al. 1995 1Samoa Stranding Database 2006 2Paton and Gibbs 2002, Noad et al. unpub. 1Samoa Stranding Database 2006 1Paton and Gibbs 2002, Childerhouse 2005, Noad et al. unpub. 1SPWRC 2004, Childerhouse 2005 1Bourke and Powell 2003, UNEP-WCMC 2003, SPWRC 2004,Childerhouse 2005Olavarría et al. 2005, Samoa Stranding Database 2006 1Townsend 1935, SPWRC 2004, Noad et al. unpub. 1Samoa Stranding Database 2006 1Unconfirmed SpeciesClass1Balaenoptera sp., Minke whale (Kasamatsu et al. 1995 in Paton and Gibbs 2002)Mesoplodon sp., Beaked whale sp. (Olavarría et al. 2005)54 CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE OF CETACEAN THREATS, DIVERSITY, AND HABITATS IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION