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Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Scientific and Common Names." National Research Council. 2005. Marine Mammal Populations and Ocean Noise: Determining When Noise Causes Biologically Significant Effects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11147.

Appendix E
Scientific and Common Names

Order Carnivora

Family Felidae

 

Puma concolor coryi

Florida Panther

Family Mustelidae

 

Enhydra lutris

Sea otter

Family Odobenidae

 

Odobenus rosmarus

Walrus

Family Otariidae

 

Zalophus californianus

California sea lion

Eumetopias jubatus

Steller sea lion

Family Phocidae

 

Mirounga augustirostris

Elephant seal

Halichoerus grypus

Gray seal

Phoca vitulina

Harbor seal

Phoca hispida

Ringed seal

Leptonychotes weddellii

Weddell seal

Order Cetacea

Family Balaenidae

 

Eubalaena glacialis

North Atlantic right whale

Family Balaenopteridae

 

Megaptera novaeangliae

Humpback whale

Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Scientific and Common Names." National Research Council. 2005. Marine Mammal Populations and Ocean Noise: Determining When Noise Causes Biologically Significant Effects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11147.

Family Delphididae

 

Tursiops truncatus

Bottlenose dolphin

Pseudorca crassidens

False killer whale

Orcinus orca

Killer whale

Family Eschrichtiidae

 

Eschrichtius robustus

Western gray whale

Family Kogiidae

 

Kogia sima

Dwarf sperm whale

Kogia breviceps

Pygmy sperm whale

Family Monodontidae

 

Delphinapterus leucas

Beluga whale (=white whale)

Monodon monoceros

Narwhal

Family Phocoenidae

 

Phocoena phocoena

Harbor porpoise

Family Physeteridae

 

Physeter macrocephalus

Sperm whale

Family Ziphiidae

 

Berardius bairdii

Baird’s beaked whale

Mesoplodon densirostris

Blainville’s beaked whale

Ziphius cavirostris

Cuvier’s beaked whale

Order Gadiformes

Family Gadidae

 

Theragra chalcogramma

Walleye pollock

Order Rodentia

Family Muridae

 

Peromyscus maniculatus

Wild Deer mouse

Order Squamata

Family Iguanidae

 

Amblyrhynchus cristatus

Marine iguana

Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Scientific and Common Names." National Research Council. 2005. Marine Mammal Populations and Ocean Noise: Determining When Noise Causes Biologically Significant Effects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11147.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Scientific and Common Names." National Research Council. 2005. Marine Mammal Populations and Ocean Noise: Determining When Noise Causes Biologically Significant Effects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11147.
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