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Dolphins, Whales and Porpoises: 2002-2010 Conservation - IUCN

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Table 1.1 ... continued. Classification of the living cetaceans, order Cetacea.<br />

Taxon Vernacular Name Red List Designation 1<br />

Family Kogiidae Diminutive Sperm <strong>Whales</strong><br />

Kogia breviceps Pygmy sperm whale LC<br />

Kogia sima Dwarf sperm whale LC<br />

Family Physeteridae Sperm Whale<br />

Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale VU<br />

Family Iniidae South American River <strong>Dolphins</strong><br />

Inia geoffrensis Amazon dolphin or Boto VU<br />

I. geoffrensis humboldtiana Orinoco dolphin NE<br />

I. geoffrensis geoffrensis<br />

I. geoffrensis boliviensis<br />

Family Lipotidae<br />

Lipotes vexillifer<br />

Amazon dolphin<br />

Bolivian dolphin<br />

8<br />

NE<br />

NE<br />

Chinese River Dolphin<br />

Baiji or Yangtze dolphin CR<br />

Family Platanistidae South Asian River <strong>Dolphins</strong><br />

Platanista gangetica13 ‘Blind’ river dolphin (EN)<br />

P. gangetica gangetica<br />

Ganges dolphin<br />

EN<br />

P. gangetica minor<br />

Indus dolphin<br />

EN<br />

Family Pontoporiidae Marine River Dolphin<br />

Pontoporia blainvillei Franciscana or La Plata dolphin DD<br />

Family Ziphiidae Beaked <strong>Whales</strong><br />

Berardius arnuxii Arnoux’s beaked whale LR(cd)<br />

Berardius bairdii Baird’s beaked whale LR(cd)<br />

Hyperoodon ampullatus Northern bottlenose whale LR(cd)<br />

Hyperoodon planifrons Southern bottlenose whale LR(cd)<br />

Indopacetus pacificus Indo-Pacific beaked whale DD (as Mesoplodon pacificus)<br />

Mesoplodon hectori Hector’s beaked whale DD<br />

Mesoplodon mirus True’s beaked whale DD<br />

Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais’ beaked whale DD<br />

Mesoplodon bidens Sowerby’s beaked whale DD<br />

Mesoplodon grayi Gray’s beaked whale DD<br />

Mesoplodon peruvianus Pygmy beaked whale DD<br />

Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews’ beaked whale DD<br />

Mesoplodon traversii<br />

(= bahamondi)<br />

Spade-toothed whale NE<br />

Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Hubbs’ beaked whale DD<br />

Mesoplodon ginkgodens Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale DD<br />

Mesoplodon stejnegeri Stejneger’s beaked whale DD<br />

Mesoplodon layardii Layard’s beaked (or Strap-toothed)<br />

whale<br />

DD<br />

Mesoplodon perrini Perrin’s beaked whale NE<br />

Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville’s beaked whale DD<br />

Tasmacetus shepherdi Tasman or Shepherd’s beaked whale DD<br />

Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier’s beaked (or Goosebeak) whale DD<br />

Notes:<br />

1From Baillie <strong>and</strong> Groombridge (1996) or Hilton-Taylor (2000). Note that the designation Lower Risk (conservation dependent) or LR(cd) has been<br />

eliminated under the 2000 Categories <strong>and</strong> Criteria (<strong>IUCN</strong> 2001; see Appendix 2) but is retained here pending reassessments of the relevant taxa. Taxa<br />

previously listed as Lower Risk (least concern) under the 1996 Categories <strong>and</strong> Criteria are here listed as LC, or Least Concern, to conform to the 2000<br />

Categories <strong>and</strong> Criteria. Similarly, the previous listing as Lower Risk (near threatened) has been changed to NT, or Near Threatened, in accordance with<br />

the 2000 Categories <strong>and</strong> Criteria. The other categories are: NE, Not Evaluated; DD, Data Deficient; VU, Vulnerable; EN, Endangered; CR, Critically<br />

Endangered.<br />

2Rice (1998) recognized four or five “disjunct populations” of bowhead whales. The current Red List designations are as follows: Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort<br />

Sea stock, LR(cd); Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin stock, VU; Okhotsk Sea stock, EN; Baffin Bay-Davis Strait stock, EN; <strong>and</strong> Spitsbergen (Svalbard-Barents Sea)<br />

stock, CR.

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