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List of Australian marine mammals
This is a list of Australian marine mammals.
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
- Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus
- Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus
- Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Neobalaenidae
- Pygmy Right Whale, Caperea marginata
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, Lagenorhynchus cruciger
- Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
- Southern Rightwhale 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 Hump-backed 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
- Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Kogiidae
- Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps
- Dwarf Sperm Whale, Kogia simus
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
- Andrew's 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
- Dugong, Dugong dugon
Carnivora
Pinnipedia
Otariidae
- New Zealand Fur Seal, Arctocephalus forsteri
- Antarctic Fur Seal , Arctocephalus gazella
- Australian Fur Seal, Arctocephalus pusillus
- Subantarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis
- Australian Sea Lion, Neophoca cinerea
- New Zealand Sea Lion, Phocarctos hookeri
Phocidae
- Leopard Seal , Hydrurga leptonyx
- Weddell Seal , Leptonychotes weddelli
- Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophagus
- Southern Elephant Seal, Mirounga leonina
- Ross Seal, Ommatophoca rossi
See also
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