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Marine Mammals of Point Lobos

You can nearly always spot a Sea Otter, Harbor Seal, or California Sea Lion if you walk the South Shore Trail. Look out toward the horizon for blows or flukes and you might catch a glimpse of one of the seasonal visitors to our coast as Humpback and Gray Whales migrate past.

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Southern Sea Otter 1
Enhydra lutris nereis
California Sea Lion 2
Zalophus californianus
Harbor Seal 3
Phoca vitulina
Humpback Whale 4
Megaptera novaeangliae
Gray Whale 5
Eschrichtius robustus
Risso's Dolphin 6
Grampus griseus
Dall's Porpoise 7
Phocoenoides dalli
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 8
Tursiops truncatus
Long-beaked Common Dolphin 3
Delphinus capensis
Pacific White-sided Dolphin 9
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Blue Whale 10
Balaenoptera musculus
Orca 11
Orcinus orca
Minke Whale 12
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Northern Elephant Seal 13
Mirounga angustirostris

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