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“The conservation status of amigratory species means thesum of the influences acting onthe migratory species that mayaffect its long-term distributionand abundance. For this reasonthe assessment of populationstatus is critical.”
Appendix: Tentative Listing ofCetaceans present in waters ofthe Pacific Islands RegionClassifications of the living cetaceans, Order Cetacea, to the level of subspecies have been adapted from Reeves etal. 2003 and IUCN criteria has been taken from the most recent Red List (2006).TAXON VERNACULAR NAME IUCN STATUSSUBORDER MYSTICETIBALEEN WHALESFamily BalaenidaeRight WhalesEubalaena australis Southern right whale LR/cdFamily BalaenopteridaeRorqualsBalaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale LR/ntB. acutorostrata subsp. Dwarf-form minke whale NEBalaenoptera bonaerensis Antarctic minke whale LR/cdBalaenoptera borealis Sei whale ENBalaenoptera brydei Common Bryde’s whale DDBalaenoptera edeni Pygmy Bryde’s whale DDBalaenoptera musculus Blue whale ENB. musculus brevicauda Pygmy blue whale DDB. musculus intermedia Antarctic blue whale ENBalaenoptera physalus Fin whale ENMegaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale VUFamily NeobalaenidaePygmy right whaleCaperea marginata2 Pygmy right whale LR/lcSUBORDER ODONTOCETITOOTHED CETACEANSFamily DelphinidaeMarine (Oceanic) dolphinsCephalorhynchus hectori 1 Hector’s dolphin DDDelphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin LR/lcDelphinus capensis Long-beaked common dolphin LR/lcFeresa attenuata Pygmy killer whale DDGlobicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned pilot whale LR/cdGlobicephala melas 2 Long-finned pilot whale LR/lcGrampus griseus Risso’s dolphin DDLagenodelphis hosei Fraser’s dolphin DDLagenorhynchus australis Peale’s dolphin DDLagenorhynchus cruciger 2 Hourglass dolphin LR/lcCURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE OF CETACEAN THREATS, DIVERSITY, AND HABITATS IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION 93
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Current State of Knowledge ofCetace
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Current State of Knowledge of Cetac
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Chapter 4: Cetacean checklists by c
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Executive SummaryThis report provid
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The limited land base of the 22 Pac
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“Pacific Island Countries and Ter
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Land degradationDue to the limited
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identified as marine and coastal ec
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The distribution of Pacific Ocean t
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ecent global survey of toxicity lev
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and Orams 2005). Hector’s dolphin
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pilot whale (4), sperm whale (2), s
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al. 2003). In January 2004 a humpba
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Stranded Cuvier’s beaked whale, A
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Reeves et al. (1999) also refer to
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“... the limited research efforts
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were made to ensure that classifica
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Scientific NameCommon NameBalaenopt
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their presence in the region. Distr
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Page 46 and 47: Scientific NameCommon NameBalaenopt
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Page 62 and 63: Table 1American SamoaCook IslandsFe
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Page 70 and 71: FAMILY PhocoenidaePhocoena dioptric
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Page 94 and 95: TAXONVERNACULAR NAMESUBORDER ODONTO
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