Marine Mammals Species List

Group	Common Name	Species	Occurrence
Carnivore 1 species	Sea Otter	Enhydra lutris	Regular
Pinnipeds 5 species	California sea lion	Zalophus californianus	Regular
	Northern sea lion	Eumpetopias jubatus	Regular
	Northern fur seal	Callorhinus ursinus	Regular
	Pacific harbor seal	Phoca vitulina	Regular
	Northern elephant seal	Mirounga angustirostris	Regular
Cetaceans 23 species	California gray whale	Eschrichtius robustus	Regular
	Northern right whale	Eubalaena glacialis	Rare
	Minke whale	Balaenoptera acutorostrata	Regular
	Fin whale	Balaenoptera physalus	Rare
	Sei Whale	Balaenoptera borealis	Rare
	Blue whale	Balaenoptera musculus	Rare
	Humpback whale	Megaptera novaeangliae	Regular
	Sperm whale	Physeter macrocephalus	Rare
	Pygmy sperm whale	Kogia breviceps	Rare
	Stejneger's beaked whale	Mesoplodon stejnegeri	Rare
	Hubb's beaked whale	Mesoplodon carlhubbsi	Rare
	Cuvier's beaked whale	Ziphius cavirostris	Rare
	Baird's beaked whale	Beradius bairdii	Rare
	Short-finned pilot whale	Globicephala macrorhynchus	Rare
	Risso's dolphin	Grampus griseus	Regular
	Killer whale	Orcinus orca	Regular
	False killer whale	Pseudorca crassidens	Rare
	Common dolphin	Delphinus delphis	Rare
	Northern right whale dolphin	Lissodelphis borealis	Regular
	Striped dolphin	Stenella coeruleoalba	Rare
	Pacific white-sided dolphin	Lagenorhynchus obliquidens	Regular
	Dall's porpoise	Phocoenoides dalli	Regular
	Harbor porpoise	Phocoena phocoena	Regular

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