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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.

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

Edited by John P Friel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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