Megafauna Marine Parks (W Palearctic)

In progress companion guide to the megafauna parks (w palearctic) guide, currently collecting all the megafauna native to the European seas and oceans. (Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, Black Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea)

Note: Red Sea and Caspian Sea currently not ...more ↓

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Occurrence
North Sea 38

Taxonomy
« Back To Even-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans Order Artiodactyla
- Cetaceans and Hippopotamuses Suborder Whippomorpha
  - 8 Baleen Whales Parvorder Mysticeti
  - 25 Toothed Whales Parvorder Odontoceti

Gray Whale ¹
Eschrichtius robustus

Minke Whale ²
Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Sei Whale ³
Balaenoptera borealis

Blue Whale ⁴
Balaenoptera musculus

Fin Whale ⁵
Balaenoptera physalus

Humpback Whale ⁶
Megaptera novaeangliae

North Atlantic Right Whale ⁷
Eubalaena glacialis

Bowhead Whale ⁸
Balaena mysticetus

Sowerby's Beaked Whale ⁹
Mesoplodon bidens

Blainville's Beaked Whale ¹⁰
Mesoplodon densirostris

Gervais' Beaked Whale ¹¹
Mesoplodon europaeus

True's Beaked Whale ¹²
Mesoplodon mirus

North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale ¹³
Hyperoodon ampullatus

Cuvier's Beaked Whale ¹⁴
Ziphius cavirostris

Sperm Whale ¹⁵
Physeter macrocephalus

Common Porpoise ¹⁶
Phocoena phocoena

Narwhal ¹⁷
Monodon monoceros

Beluga ¹⁸
Delphinapterus leucas

Common Bottlenose Dolphin ¹⁹
Tursiops truncatus

Striped Dolphin ²⁰
Stenella coeruleoalba

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin ⁹
Stenella frontalis

Atlantic White-sided Dolphin ²¹
Lagenorhynchus acutus

White-beaked Dolphin ²²
Lagenorhynchus albirostris

Orca ²³
Orcinus orca

Short-beaked Common Dolphin ²⁴
Delphinus delphis

Short-finned Pilot Whale ¹⁹
Globicephala macrorhynchus

Long-finned Pilot Whale ²⁵
Globicephala melas

Pygmy Killer Whale ¹³
Feresa attenuata

False Killer Whale ²⁶
Pseudorca crassidens

Risso's Dolphin ²⁷
Grampus griseus

Rough-toothed Dolphin ¹⁹
Steno bredanensis

Pygmy Sperm Whale ²⁸
Kogia breviceps

Dwarf Sperm Whale ²⁹
Kogia sima

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Megafauna Marine Parks (W Palearctic)

Gray Whale 1 Eschrichtius robustus

Minke Whale 2 Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Sei Whale 3 Balaenoptera borealis

Blue Whale 4 Balaenoptera musculus

Fin Whale 5 Balaenoptera physalus

Humpback Whale 6 Megaptera novaeangliae

North Atlantic Right Whale 7 Eubalaena glacialis

Bowhead Whale 8 Balaena mysticetus

Sowerby's Beaked Whale 9 Mesoplodon bidens

Blainville's Beaked Whale 10 Mesoplodon densirostris

Gervais' Beaked Whale 11 Mesoplodon europaeus

True's Beaked Whale 12 Mesoplodon mirus

North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale 13 Hyperoodon ampullatus

Cuvier's Beaked Whale 14 Ziphius cavirostris

Sperm Whale 15 Physeter macrocephalus

Common Porpoise 16 Phocoena phocoena

Narwhal 17 Monodon monoceros

Beluga 18 Delphinapterus leucas

Common Bottlenose Dolphin 19 Tursiops truncatus

Striped Dolphin 20 Stenella coeruleoalba

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 9 Stenella frontalis

Atlantic White-sided Dolphin 21 Lagenorhynchus acutus

White-beaked Dolphin 22 Lagenorhynchus albirostris

Orca 23 Orcinus orca

Short-beaked Common Dolphin 24 Delphinus delphis

Short-finned Pilot Whale 19 Globicephala macrorhynchus

Long-finned Pilot Whale 25 Globicephala melas

Pygmy Killer Whale 13 Feresa attenuata

False Killer Whale 26 Pseudorca crassidens

Risso's Dolphin 27 Grampus griseus

Rough-toothed Dolphin 19 Steno bredanensis

Pygmy Sperm Whale 28 Kogia breviceps

Dwarf Sperm Whale 29 Kogia sima