Marine Mammals of the Yucatan Peninsula
Short-beaked Common Dolphin - Delphinus delphis Photo by Giovanni Bearzi
List of Marine Mammals
- North Atlantic Right Whale - Eubalaena glacialis
- Minke Whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- Bryde's Whale - Balaenoptera edeni
- Sei Whale - Balaenoptera borealis
- Fin Whale - Balaenoptera physalus
- Blue Whale - Balaenoptera musculus
- Humpback Whale - Megaptera novaeangliae
- Pygmy Killer Whale - Feresa attenuata
- Short-Finned Pilot Whale - Globicephala macrorhynchus
- Long-Finned Pilot Whale - Globicephala melas
- Killer Whale - Orcinus orca
- Melon-Headed whale - Peponocephala Electra
- False Killer Whale - Pseudorca crassidens
- Short-Beaked Common Dolphin - Delphinus delphis
- Long-Beaked Common Dolphin - Delphinus capensis
- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin - Stenella attenuata
- Atlantic Spotted Dolphin - Stenella frontalis
- Spinner Dolphin - Stenella longirostris
- Clymene Dolphin - Stenella clymene
- Striped Dolphin - Stenella coeruleoalba
- Rough-Toothed dolphin - Steno bredanensis
- Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops truncatus
- Risso's Dolphin - Grampus griseus
- Fraser's Dolphin - Lagenodelphis hosei
- Sperm Whale - Physeter macrocephalus
- Pygmy Sperm Whale - Kogia breviceps
- Dwarf Sperm Whale - Kogia sima
- Gervais' Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon europaeus
- Blainville's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon densirostris
- Cuvier's Beaked Whale - Ziphius cavirostris
Marine Mammals Articles/Links
- Red de Varamientos de Yucatán (Yucatan Stranding Network) is a non-profit
organization located in Merida. They
respond to strandings of marine mammals throughout the state of Yucatan. The website
is in Spanish. For a translated version in English, click
here.
- Mass False Killer Whale Beaching Remains a Mystery, Discovery Channel, June 5, 2000.
Mass beaching of over 150 rare False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) at a beach
in the Rio Lagartos biosphere reserve.
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