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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 Sperm Whale 11
Kogia breviceps
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin 12
Tursiops aduncus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 13
Tursiops truncatus
Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin 14
Sousa chinensis
Striped Dolphin 15
Stenella coeruleoalba
Spinner Dolphin 16
Stenella longirostris
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin 17
Stenella attenuata
Dusky Dolphin 18
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Hourglass Dolphin 19
Lagenorhynchus cruciger
Orca 20
Orcinus orca
Fraser's Dolphin 21
Lagenodelphis hosei
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 22
Delphinus delphis
Long-finned Pilot Whale 23
Globicephala melas
Short-finned Pilot Whale 24
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Pygmy Killer Whale 25
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
Australian Snubfin Dolphin 30
Orcaella heinsohni
Sperm Whale 31
Physeter macrocephalus
Australian Humpback Dolphin 32
Sousa sahulensis

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