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List of marine mammal species

Marine mammals comprise over 130 living and recently extinct species in three taxonomic orders. The Society for Marine Mammalogy, an international scientific society, maintains a list of valid species and subspecies, most recently updated in October 2015. This list follows the Society's taxonomy regarding and subspecies.

Conservation status codes listed follow the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v. 2014.3; data current at 19 January 2015) and are clickable to link to IUCN Red List species pages.

Order Cetartiodactyla

Footnote on use of Cetartiodactyla

Cetacea

Mysticeti

Balaenidae

Balaenopteridae

Neobalaenidae

Eschrichtiidae

Odontoceti

Physeteridae

Kogiidae

Ziphiidae

Platanistidae

Iniidae

Lipotidae

  • Baiji, Lipotes vexillifer , possibly

Pontoporiidae

Monodontidae

  • Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas (Cook Inlet Subpopulation )
  • Narwhal, Monodon monoceros

Delphinidae

Phocoenidae

Order Sirenia

Trichechidae

Dugongidae

Order Carnivora

Pinnipedia

Otariidae

Odobenidae

Phocidae

Ursidae

Mustelidae

See also

Footnotes

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