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A guide to the mammals of Australia

A guide to take to Australia on safari

Andrews' Beaked Whale 1
Mesoplodon bowdoini
Gray's Beaked Whale 2
Mesoplodon grayi
Strap-toothed Whale
Mesoplodon layardii
True's Beaked Whale 3
Mesoplodon mirus
Spade-toothed Whale
Mesoplodon traversii
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale 4
Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Hector's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon hectori
Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale 5
Indopacetus pacificus
Southern Bottlenose Whale 6
Hyperoodon planifrons
Shepherd's Beaked Whale 7
Tasmacetus shepherdi
Arnoux's Beaked Whale 8
Berardius arnuxii
Cuvier's Beaked Whale 9
Ziphius cavirostris
Spectacled Porpoise 10
Phocoena dioptrica
Pygmy Right Whale 11
Caperea marginata
Pygmy Sperm Whale 12
Kogia breviceps
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin 13
Tursiops aduncus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 14
Tursiops truncatus
Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin 15
Sousa chinensis
Striped Dolphin 16
Stenella coeruleoalba
Spinner Dolphin 17
Stenella longirostris
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin 18
Stenella attenuata
Dusky Dolphin 19
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Hourglass Dolphin 20
Lagenorhynchus cruciger
Orca 21
Orcinus orca
Fraser's Dolphin 22
Lagenodelphis hosei
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 23
Delphinus delphis
Long-finned Pilot Whale 24
Globicephala melas
Short-finned Pilot Whale 25
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Pygmy Killer Whale 11
Feresa attenuata
Southern Right Whale Dolphin 26
Lissodelphis peronii
False Killer Whale 27
Pseudorca crassidens
Risso's Dolphin 28
Grampus griseus
Melon-headed Whale 29
Peponocephala electra
Rough-toothed Dolphin 27
Steno bredanensis
Antarctic Minke Whale 30
Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Minke Whale 31
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Blue Whale 32
Balaenoptera musculus
Eden's Whale 11
Balaenoptera edeni
Sei Whale 33
Balaenoptera borealis
Fin Whale 34
Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale 35
Megaptera novaeangliae
Southern Right Whale 36
Eubalaena australis
Omura's Whale 37
Balaenoptera omurai
Australian Snubfin Dolphin 38
Orcaella heinsohni
Sperm Whale 39
Physeter macrocephalus
Australian Humpback Dolphin 40
Sousa sahulensis

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