Marine Mammals Scientific names

Otariidae

Sea lions family

Phocidae

True seals family

Odobenidae

Walrus family

Ursidae

Polar bear family

Mastelidae

Otter family

Ursidae and Mustelidae

Marine fissiped families

order carnivora

Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, walruses)

Marine fissipeds (polar bears and otters)

Order Sirenia

Manatees and Dugongs

Tricherchidae

Manatees

Dugongidae

Dugongs

Cetartiodactyla

Order of sub-order cetacea

Sub-order cetacea

Mysticetes (baleened whales)

Ondontocetes (Toothed whales)

Mysticeti

Baleen whales

Odontoceti

toothed whales

Balaenidae

Right whales and Bowheads family

Neobalaenidae

Pigmy right whale family

Eschrichtidae

Grey whale family

Balaenopteridae

Rorqual family

Physeteridae

sperm whale family

Kogiidae

pigmy and dwarf sperm whale family

Monodontidae

Narwhal and Belugas family

Platonistidae

Ganges and Indus river dolphin families

Iniidae

Amazon river dolphin

Pontoporiidae

la plata river dolphin family

Ziphiidae

Beaked whale family

Phocoenidae

porpoise family

Delphinidae

Dolphins, orcas, pilot whale family

Phoca Vitulina

Harbour seal

Halichoerus grypus

Grey Seal

Pusa Hipsida

Ringed seal

Erighathus barbatus

Bearded seal

Pagophilus groenlandicus

Harp Seal

Cystophora Cristat

Hooded seal

Eumetopias jubatus

Steller sea lion

Zolophus californicanus

California sea lion

Odobenus rosmarus

Walrus

Enhydra lutris

sea otter

Eubalaena glacialis

north atlantic right whale

Eubalaena japonica

North pacific right whale

Balaena mysticetus

Bowhead whale

Megaptera novaengelica

Humpback whale

Balaenoptera acutostrata

common minke whale

Balaenoptera borealis

Sei whale

Balaenoptera physalus

Fin whale

Balaenoptera musculus

Blue whale

Eschrichtius robustus

Grey whale

Physeter physeteridae

sperm whale

Kogia breviceps

pygmy sperm whale

Kogia sima

Dwarf sperm whale

Monodon monoceros

Narwhal

Delphinapterus leuca

Beluga

Ziphius cavirostris

Goose beaked whale (Cuviers)

Berardius bairdii

Baird’s beaked whale

Hyperoodon ampallus

Northern Bottlenose whale

Mesoplodon mirus

True’s beaked whale

Mesoplodon europaeus

Gervais’s beakd whale

Mesoplodon bidens

Sowerby’s beaked whale

Mesoplodon stejnegeri

Stejneger’s beaked whale

Mesoplodon denisrostris

dense beaked whale (Balinville’s)

Pontoporia blainvellei

la plata river dolphin

Platanista gangetica gangetica

Ganges river dolphin

Platanista gangetica minor

Indus river dolphin

Lipotes vexillifer

Baiji / Yangtze river dolphin

Inia geoffrensis

amazon river dolphin

Orcinus orca

Orcas

Globicephala melas

Long finned pilot whale

Globicephala mucrorhynchus

Short-finned pilot whale

Tursiops truncatus

Common bottlenose dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

Striped dolphin

Delphinus delphis

common dolphin

Lagenorynchus albirostris

white-beaked dolphin

Lagenorhynchus acutus

Atlantic white-sided dolphin

Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

Pacific white-sided dolphin

Lissodelphis borealis

Northern right whale dolphin

Grampus griseus

Risso’s dolphin

Phocoena phocoena

Harbour porpoise

Phoccoenoides dalli

Dall’s porpoise

Artiodactyla

Even-toed ungulates

Cetartiodactyla

mammalian taxonomic group combining artiodactyla and cetaceans into a single evolutionary lineage

Indohyus

closest known relative to cetaceans

Pakicetus

First cetacean

Ambulocetus

ancestor to modern cetaceans that first had a soft tissue connection between back of jaw and middle ear

Basilosaurus

first group of fully aquatic cetaceans with flexible tails, flukes and non-functional hindlimbs

Dorudon

Ancient cetacean that very closely resembled modern cetaceans

Enaliarctos

Earliest Pinniped

Puijlia

closest known relative to pinnipeds

Demostylia

only known completely extinct order of marine mammals