| Checklist Name | Cetaceans Database - Whales |
|---|---|
| Description | Defined list of cetacean species for the Australian coastal regions and the waters of the Australian Antarctic Territory. |
| Purpose/Comments | For the DEH Cetacean sightings and strandings database. |
List of 34 species sorted by kingdom to species. (View same list sorted by Family)
See full details on a species by clicking on the Scientific Name.
Animalia | |||||||||
Chordata | |||||||||
Mammalia | |||||||||
Cetacea | |||||||||
Balaenidae | |||||||||
| Caperea marginata | Pygmy Right Whale | (Gray,1846) | Pygmy Right Whale | Not set | |||||
| Eubalaena australis | Southern Right Whale | (Desmoulins,1822) | Southern Right Whale | Not set | |||||
Balaenopteridae | |||||||||
| Balaenoptera acutorostrata | Minke Whale | Laciphde,1804 | Minke Whale | Not set | |||||
| Balaenoptera bonaerensis | Antarctic Minke Whale, Dark-shoulder Minke Whale | Burmeister, 1867 | Antarctic Minke Whale, Dark-shoulder Minke Whale | Not set | |||||
| Balaenoptera borealis | Sei Whale | Lesson,1828 | Sei Whale | Not set | |||||
| Balaenoptera edeni | Bryde's Whale | Anderson,1878 | Bryde's Whale | Not set | |||||
| Balaenoptera musculus | Blue Whale | (Linnaeus,1758) | Blue Whale | Not set | |||||
| Balaenoptera physalus | Fin Whale | Linnaeus,1758 | Fin Whale | Not set | |||||
| Balaenoptera sp. | Unknown Baleen Whale | Unknown Baleen Whale | Not set | ||||||
| Megaptera novaeangliae | Humpback Whale | (Borowski,1781) | Humpback Whale | Not set | |||||
Delphinidae | |||||||||
| Feresa attenuata | Pygmy Killer Whale | Gray,1875 | Pygmy Killer Whale | Not set | |||||
| Globicephala macrorhynchus | Short-finned Pilot Whale | Gray,1846 | Short-finned Pilot Whale | Not set | |||||
| Globicephala melaena | Long-finned Pilot Whale | (Traill, 1809) | Long-finned Pilot Whale | Not set | |||||
| Globicephala melas | Long-finned Pilot Whale | Traill,1809 | Long-finned Pilot Whale | Not set | |||||
| Globicephala sp. | Unknown Pilot Whale | Unknown Pilot Whale | Not set | ||||||
| Orcinus orca | Killer Whale | Linnaeus,1758 | Killer Whale | Not set | |||||
| Peponocephala electra | Melon-headed Whale | (Gray,1846) | Melon-headed Whale | Not set | |||||
| Pseudorca crassidens | False Killer Whale | (Owen,1846) | False Killer Whale | Not set | |||||
Physeteridae | |||||||||
| Kogia breviceps | Pygmy Sperm Whale | (Blainville,1838) | Pygmy Sperm Whale | Not set | |||||
| Kogia simus | Dwarf Sperm Whale | (Owen,1866) | Dwarf Sperm Whale | Not set | |||||
| Physeter macrocephalus | Sperm Whale | Linnaeus,1758 | Sperm Whale | Not set | |||||
Ziphiidae | |||||||||
| Berardius arnuxii | Arnoux's Beaked Whale | Duvernoy,1851 | Arnoux's Beaked Whale | Not set | |||||
| Hyperoodon planifrons | Southern Bottlenose Whale | Flower,1882 | Southern Bottlenose Whale | Not set | |||||
| Indopacetus pacificus | Longman's Beaked Whale | (Longman,1926) | Longman's Beaked Whale | Not set | |||||
| Mesoplodon bowdoini | Andrew's Beaked Whale | Andrews,1908 | Andrew's Beaked Whale | Not set | |||||
| Mesoplodon densirostris | Blainville's Beaked Whale, Dense-beaked Whale | (Blainville,1817) | Blainville's Beaked Whale, Dense-beaked Whale | Not set | |||||
| Mesoplodon gingkodens | Gingko Beaked Whale, Gingko-toothed Whale, Gingko Beaked Whale | Nishiwaki and Kamiya,1958 | Gingko Beaked Whale, Gingko-toothed Whale, Gingko Beaked Whale | Not set | |||||
| Mesoplodon grayi | Gray's Beaked Whale, Scamperdown Whale | von Haast,1876 | Gray's Beaked Whale, Scamperdown Whale | Not set | |||||
| Mesoplodon hectori | Hector's Beaked Whale | (Gray,1871) | Hector's Beaked Whale | Not set | |||||
| Mesoplodon layardii | Strap-toothed Beaked Whale, Strap-toothed Whale, Layard's Beaked Whale | (Gray,1865) | Strap-toothed Beaked Whale, Strap-toothed Whale, Layard's Beaked Whale | Not set | |||||
| Mesoplodon mirus | True's Beaked Whale | True,1913 | True's Beaked Whale | Not set | |||||
| Mesoplodon sp. | Unknown Beaked whale | Unknown Beaked whale | Not set | ||||||
| Tasmacetus shepherdi | Tasman Beaked Whale | Oliver,1937 | Tasman Beaked Whale | Not set | |||||
| Ziphius cavirostris | Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Goose-beaked Whale | Cuvier,1823 | Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Goose-beaked Whale | Not set | |||||
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