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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.

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

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