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Santa Cruz Island Reserve, California - Marine Mammals occurring in the waters of California

List of Marine Mammals occurring in the waters of California, Santa Cruz Island Reserve lies off the coast of California and is one of the California Northern Channel Islands.

Suborder Mysticeti 1
Mysticeti
North Atlantic Right Whale 2
Eubalaena glacialis
Blue Whale 3
Balaenoptera musculus
Fin Whale 4
Balaenoptera physalus
Sei Whale 5
Balaenoptera borealis
Eden's Whale 6
Balaenoptera edeni
Minke Whale 7
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Humpback Whale 8
Megaptera novaeangliae
Gray Whale 9
Eschrichtius robustus
Sperm Whale 10
Physeter macrocephalus
Pygmy Sperm Whale 11
Kogia breviceps
Kogia simus 12
Kogia sima
Baird's Beaked Whale 6
Berardius bairdii
Cuvier's Beaked Whale 13
Ziphius cavirostris
Blainville's Beaked Whale 3
Mesoplodon densirostris
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale 14
Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Stejneger's Beaked Whale 15
Mesoplodon stejnegeri
Arch-beaked Whale 16
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
False Killer Whale 17
Pseudorca crassidens
Orca 18
Orcinus orca
Short-finned Pilot Whale 19
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Rough-toothed Dolphin 19
Steno bredanensis
Pacific White-sided Dolphin 20
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 21
Delphinus delphis
Long-beaked Common Dolphin 22
Delphinus capensis
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 19
Tursiops truncatus
Risso's Dolphin 21
Grampus griseus
Striped Dolphin 23
Stenella coeruleoalba
Northern Right Whale Dolphin 24
Lissodelphis borealis
Harbour Porpoise 25
Phocoena phocoena
Dall's Porpoise 22
Phocoenoides dalli

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