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Mammals of Alabama

This guide is a reference for identifying species of mammals reported from Alabama. If you have additions or corrections please send them to jpfriel@ua.edu.

White-tailed Deer 1
Odocoileus virginianus
Sei Whale 2
Balaenoptera borealis
Eden's Whale 2
Balaenoptera edeni
Blue Whale 2
Balaenoptera musculus
Fin Whale 3
Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale 4
Megaptera novaeangliae
Blainville's Beaked Whale 5
Mesoplodon densirostris
Gervais' Beaked Whale 6
Mesoplodon europaeus
Cuvier's Beaked Whale 7
Ziphius cavirostris
Sperm Whale 8
Physeter macrocephalus
Pygmy Sperm Whale 9
Kogia breviceps
Dwarf Sperm Whale 10
Kogia sima
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 11
Tursiops truncatus
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin 2
Stenella attenuata
Clymene Dolphin 2
Stenella clymene
Striped Dolphin 7
Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 12
Stenella frontalis
Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin 13
Stenella longirostris
Orca 14
Orcinus orca
Fraser's Dolphin 2
Lagenodelphis hosei
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 12
Delphinus delphis
Risso's Dolphin 12
Grampus griseus
Rough-toothed Dolphin 15
Steno bredanensis
Short-finned Pilot Whale 16
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Pygmy Killer Whale 2
Feresa attenuata
False Killer Whale 17
Pseudorca crassidens
Melon-headed Whale 18
Peponocephala electra

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