Marine Mammals in Jamaican Waters
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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Atlantic Spotted Dolphin |
Stenella frontalis |
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Blainville’s Beaked Whale |
Mesoplodon densirostris |
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Bottlenose Dolphin |
Tursiops truncatus
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Bryde’s Whale |
Balaenoptera brydei |
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Clymene Dolphin |
Stenella clymene |
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Common Dolphin |
Delphinus delphis / capensis |
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Cuvier’s Beaked Whale |
Ziphius cavirostris |
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Dwarf Sperm Whale |
Kogia simus |
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False Killer Whale |
Pseudorca crassidens |
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Fin Whale |
Balaenoptera physalus |
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Fraser’s Dolphin |
Lagenodelphis hosei |
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Gervais’ Beaked Whale |
Mesoplodon europaeus |
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Humpback Whale |
Megaptera novaengliae |
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Killer Whale |
Orcinus orca |
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Melon-headed whale |
Peponocephala electra |
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Minke Whale |
Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
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Pantropical Spotted Dolphin |
Stenella attenuata |
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Pygmy Killer Whale |
Feresa attenuata |
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Pygmy Sperm Whale |
Kogia breviceps |
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Risso’s Dolphin |
Grampus griseus |
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Rough-toothed Dolphin |
Steno bredanensis |
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Sei Whale |
Balaenoptera borealis
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Short-finned Pilot Whale |
Globicephala macrorhynchus |
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Sperm Whale |
Physeter macrocephalus |
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Spinner Dolphin |
Stenella longirostris |
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Striped Dolphin |
Stenella coeruleoalba |
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True’s Beaked Whale |
Mesoplodon mirus |
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West Indian Manatee |
Trichechus manatus |
For more information please see:
Source:
Ward, Natalie et al. 'Elements for the Development
of Marine Mammal Action Plan for the Wider Caribbean: A Review of
Marine Mammal Distribution. Boston University: USA.
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