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Marine Mammals of Hawai‘i
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Balaenopteridae Rare Common Common Balaenoptera physalus - Fin
Megaptera novangeline – Humpback
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Family Ziphiidae Rare Uncommon
Ziphius cavirostris – Cuvier’s beaked whale 5-6m Mesoplodon densirostris – Blainville’s Uncommon 4.5-6m
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Family Physeteridae Physeter macrocephalus – Sperm whale 19m Uncommon
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Family Kogiidae Uncommon Common Kogia breviceps – Pygmy sperm whale
Kogia sima – Dwarf sperm whale Uncommon m Common m
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Genus Steno Steno bredanensis – Rough-toothed Uncommon 2.5m
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Genus Tursiops Uncommon Tursiops truncatus – common bottlenose
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Genus Stenella Common Uncommon
Stenella attenuatta – Pan-tropical spotted Common 2.5m Stenella coeruleoalba – Striped Uncommon 2.5m
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Genus Stenella Common Common Common Common Common
Stenella longirostris (longirostris) – Spinner Common Common Common m Common Common
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Genus Grampus Grampus griseus – Risso’s Uncommon 3m
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Genus Peponocephala Uncommon
Peponocephala electra – Melon-headed whale Uncommon 3m
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Genus Feresa Feresa attenuata – Pygmy killer whale Uncommon 3m
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Genus Pseudorca Pseudorca crassidens – False killer whale Common 5-6m
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Genus Globicephala Common
Globicephala macrorhnchus – Short-finned pilot whale Common 5-6m
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Genus Orcinus Orcinus orca – Killer whale Rare 5-8m
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Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier’s beaked whale
Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville’s beaked whale
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Kogia breviceps Pygmy sperm whale Kogia simus Dwarf sperm whale
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Peponocephala electra
Feresa attenuata Pygmy killer whale Peponocephala electra Melon-headed whale
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