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Geographical grouping of species
This review considers 71 species of small cetaceans and is organised
on a taxonomical basis (Rice, 1998). For the aims of CMS, a geographical
classification is attempted here. Because cetaceans know no boundaries,
I have grouped the range maps of the species accounts into 9 geographical
categories. However, the categories are not exclusive and a species
may be found in more than one area. Please see individual species
accounts for details (c.f. "contents").
A. Worldwide Temperate and Tropical Oceans
Delphinus delphis
Delphinus capensis
Feresa attenuata
Globicephala
macrorhynchus
Grampus griseus
Kogia breviceps
Kogia sima
Lagenodelphis hosei
Mesoplodon
densirostris
Orcinus orca
Peponocephala electra
Physeter
macrocephalus
Pseudorca crassidens
Stenella attenuata
Stenella longirostris
Stenella coeruleoalba
Steno bredanensis
Tursiops truncatus
Ziphius cavirostris
B. North Atlantic Ocean
Delphinapterus leucas
Globicephala melas
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Lagenorhynchus
albirostris
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Mesoplodon mirus
Mesoplodon bidens
Monodon monoceros
Orcinus orca
Phocoena phocoena
Physeter
macrocephalus
C. Tropical Atlantic Ocean
Mesoplodon europaeus
Sousa teuszii
Stenella frontalis
Stenella clymene
D. South Africa only
Cephalorhynchus
heavisidii
E. South America only
Cephalorhynchus
commersonii
Cephalorhynchus eutropia
Inia geoffrensis
Lagenorhynchus australis
Phocoena spinipinnis
Pontoporia blainvillei
Sotalia fluviatilis
Sotalia guianensis
F. General Pacific and Indian Ocean
Mesoplodon
gingkodens
G. North and Eastern Pacific Ocean
Berardius
bairdii
Delphinapterus leucas
Lagenorhynchus
obliquidens
Lissodelphis borealis
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
Mesoplodon
peruvianus
Mesoplodon perrini
Mesoplodon stejnegeri
Orcinus orca
Phocoena phocoena
Phocoena sinus
Phocoenoides dalli
Physeter
macrocephalus
H. Western Pacific and Indian Ocean
Cephalorhynchus
hectori
Indopacetus pacificus
Lipotes vexillifer
Mesoplodon mirus
Mesoplodon bowdoini
Mesoplodon traversii
Neophocaena
phocaeonoides
Orcaella brevirostris
Orcaella heinsohni
Platanista gangetica
Sousa chinensis
I. Southern Ocean
Berardius
arnuxii
Globicephala melas
Hyperoodon plaifrons
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Lagenorhynchus cruciger
Lissodelphis peronii
Mesoplodon hectori
Mesoplodon grayi
Mesoplodon layardii
Orcinus orca
Phocoena dioptrica
Physeter
macrocephalus
Tasmacetus shepherdi
©
Boris Culik, Kiel, Germany, 2010
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