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Marine Mammals of Hawai‘i

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1 Marine Mammals of Hawai‘i

2 Balaenopteridae Rare Common Common Balaenoptera physalus - Fin
Megaptera novangeline – Humpback

3 Family Ziphiidae Rare Uncommon
Ziphius cavirostris – Cuvier’s beaked whale 5-6m Mesoplodon densirostris – Blainville’s Uncommon 4.5-6m

4 Family Physeteridae Physeter macrocephalus – Sperm whale 19m Uncommon

5 Family Kogiidae Uncommon Common Kogia breviceps – Pygmy sperm whale
Kogia sima – Dwarf sperm whale Uncommon m Common m

6 Genus Steno Steno bredanensis – Rough-toothed Uncommon 2.5m

7 Genus Tursiops Uncommon Tursiops truncatus – common bottlenose

8 Genus Stenella Common Uncommon
Stenella attenuatta – Pan-tropical spotted Common 2.5m Stenella coeruleoalba – Striped Uncommon 2.5m

9 Genus Stenella Common Common Common Common Common
Stenella longirostris (longirostris) – Spinner Common Common Common m Common Common

10 Genus Grampus Grampus griseus – Risso’s Uncommon 3m

11 Genus Peponocephala Uncommon
Peponocephala electra – Melon-headed whale Uncommon 3m

12 Genus Feresa Feresa attenuata – Pygmy killer whale Uncommon 3m

13 Genus Pseudorca Pseudorca crassidens – False killer whale Common 5-6m

14 Genus Globicephala Common
Globicephala macrorhnchus – Short-finned pilot whale Common 5-6m

15 Genus Orcinus Orcinus orca – Killer whale Rare 5-8m

16 Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier’s beaked whale
Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville’s beaked whale

17 Kogia breviceps Pygmy sperm whale Kogia simus Dwarf sperm whale

18 Peponocephala electra
Feresa attenuata Pygmy killer whale Peponocephala electra Melon-headed whale


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