List of marine mammals of Australia

This is the list of marine mammals found in Australian waters.^[1] It is a sub-list of the list of mammals of Australia.

Conservation status listed follows the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v. 2013.2; data current at 3 March 2014^[2]):

Cetacea

Balaenidae

• Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis LC

Balaenopteridae

• Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
• Southern minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis DD
• Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN
• Pygmy Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni DD
• Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omurai DD
• Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus EN (ssp. brevicauda – pygmy blue whale: DD, ssp. intermedia: CR)
• Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus EN
• Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC (Oceania subpopulation: EN)

Delphinidae

• Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis LC
• Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
• Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus DD
• Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas DD
• Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus LC
• Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei LC
• Hourglass dolphin, Sagmatias cruciger LC
• Dusky dolphin, Sagmatias obscurus DD
• Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii DD
• Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris VU
• Australian snubfin dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni NT
• Orca (killer whale), Orcinus orca DD
• Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra LC
• False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens NT
• Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis VU
• Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata LC
• Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LC
• Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris DD
• Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis LC
• Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus DD
• Burrunan dolphin, Tursiops australis (T. truncatus: LC, T. aduncus: DD)
• Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LC

Kogiidae

• Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps DD
• Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus DD

Neobalaenidae

• Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata DD

Phocoenidae

• Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica DD

Physeteridae

• Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU

Ziphiidae

• Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii DD
• Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons LC
• Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus DD
• Andrews' beaked whale, Mesoplodon bowdoini DD
• Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
• Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
• Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi DD
• Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori DD
• Strap-toothed whale, Mesoplodon layardii DD
• True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus DD
• Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi DD
• Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris LC

Sirenia

Dugongidae

• Dugong, Dugong dugon VU

Carnivora

Pinnipedia

Otariidae

• Australian fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus LC
• New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri LC
• Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella LC
• Subantarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis LC
• Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea EN
• New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri VU

Phocidae

• Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx LC
• Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii LC
• Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophaga LC
• Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina LC
• Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii LC

See also

• List of mammals of Australia
  • List of monotremes and marsupials of Australia
  • List of bats of Australia
  • List of rodents of Australia
  • List of placental mammals introduced to Australia

References

1. Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) The Mammals of Australia, Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane ISBN 978-1-877069-25-3
2. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 3 March 2014.