This is the list of marine mammals found in Australian waters.Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) The Mammals of Australia, Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane 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):
– extinct – extinct in the wild – critically endangered – endangered – vulnerable – near threatened – least concern – data deficient – not evaluated
Cetacea
Balaenidae
Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis
Balaenopteridae
Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Southern minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis Pygmy Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omurai Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus (ssp. brevicauda – pygmy blue whale: , ssp. intermedia: ) Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae (Oceania subpopulation: )
Delphinidae
Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei Hourglass dolphin, Sagmatias cruciger Dusky dolphin, Sagmatias obscurus Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris Australian snubfin dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni Orca (killer whale), Orcinus orca Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus Burrunan dolphin, Tursiops australis (T. truncatus: , T. aduncus: ) Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Kogiidae
Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus
Neobalaenidae
Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata
Phocoenidae
Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica
Physeteridae
Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus
Ziphiidae
Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus Andrews' beaked whale, Mesoplodon bowdoini Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori Strap-toothed whale, Mesoplodon layardii True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris
Sirenia Dugongidae Dugong, Dugong dugon
Carnivora
Pinnipedia
Otariidae
Australian fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella Subantarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea
Phocidae
Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophaga Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii
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
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