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… carnivore … North Pacific: warm temperate to arctic waters. Formerly present int he North Atlantic. Sometimes enters tropical water at the southern boundaries of its distribution. The eastern and western North Pacific populations are separate. …
… Seas; northern Gulf of Alaska; Gulf of St. Lawrence: arctic to cold-temperate waters; occasionally strays south to Honshu, Japan; France; and Massachusetts, USA … … but does "spy-hop". Habitat is coastal, estuarine and offshore waters. … Any … Monodontidae … leucas … Alaska … …
… Porpoise … carnivore … N Pacific and N Atlantic: arctic to cold-temperate waters, isolated population in Black Sea; extends south to Senegal in the E Atlantic … Phocoena … Shy and often difficult to approach. Seldom breaches, but many arc and splash when …
… … North Pacific: cold-temperate waters … Phocoenoides … A fast, energetic swimmer; groups unusually numbering 2-12 often bow-ride or accompany boats. Habitat is coastal and offshore waters. … Any …
… Any … Pygmy Sperm Whale … carnivore … Worldwide: temperate to tropical waters … Kogia … Lives a long way from shore, beyond the continental shelf. The waters … levels of zooplankton. … Any … Kogiidae … breviceps … California … Florida … Georgia … Hawaii … Lower Risk … Pygmy …
… D. E., Reeder, D. M. (Eds.). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). … warm temperate to tropical waters … Kogia … Occasionally this species will strand in cold water. This species is more often found over or near she continental shelf, while K. breviceps is found …
… and cold-temperate waters in the northern hemisphere, to tropical waters … Physeter … Sperm Whales are most often … diver; emerges and blows sharply, as many as 50 times before diving again. Dives to depths of over a mile and can stay underwater for 1-2 …
… aquatic, marine … Wilson, D. E., Reeder, D. M. (Eds.). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). … Ziphiidae … bairdii … Alaska … California … Oregon … Washington … Lower Risk … Baird's Beaked Whale …
… aquatic, marine … Wilson, D. E., Reeder, D. M. (Eds.). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). … … North Atlantic: arctic to cold-temperate waters … Hyperoodon … ampullatus … Massachusetts … Maine … New Hampshire … …
… M. (Eds.). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland. … Any … Sowerby's Beaked Whale … carnivore … North Atlantic and Baltic Sea: temperate waters … Mesoplodon … Occur beyond …
… aquatic, marine … Wilson, D. E., Reeder, D. M. (Eds.). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). … … Mesoplodon … carlhubbsi … California … Oregon … Washington … Data deficient … Hubb's Beaked Whale …
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