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Subsections Species Fact sheets

Bryde’s whale
Humpback whale
Cuvier’s beaked whale
Sperm whale
Bottlenose dolphin
Spinner dolphin
Atlantic spotted dolphin
Pantropical spotted dolphin
Common dolphin
Fraser’s dolphin
Melon-headed whale
False killer whale
Short-finned pilot whale
Killer whale
Rough-toothed dolphin
Guiana dolphin
Manatee

 

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Species Fact sheets

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On the following pages you will find a brief description of the main species found in the region, as well as the regionally specific features concerning them (click on the links bellow to access the corresponding species fact sheets):

- Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni)
- Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphus cavirostris)
- Killer whale (Orcinus orca)
- Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
- False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
- Melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra)
- Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
- Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
- Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
- Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata)
- Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
- Fraser’s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei)
- Rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis)
- Sotalia (Sotalia guianensis)
- Manatee (Trichechus manatus)


For more information on species characteristics on a global scale, here are some comprehensive and regularly updated websites:
International whaling commission-About whales
NOOA-Species fact sheets - Marine mammals.
Society for marine mammalogy-Species fact sheets

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