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Whales and dolphins

Whales and dolphins in this database: 2 species, 1 of them threatened, recorded across 133 countries.

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Species filed
2
Threatened
1
Countries recorded
133
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100%

All whales and dolphins on file

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EN, Endangered
Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

Blue whale

Balaenoptera musculus

Balaenopteridae

Where are whales and dolphins recorded?

Species on file in this group with sighting records in each country. Recorded sightings, not natural ranges.

Fiji: 1 speciesTanzania: 1 speciesW. Sahara: 2 speciesCanada: 2 speciesUnited States of America: 2 speciesPapua New Guinea: 1 speciesIndonesia: 2 speciesArgentina: 2 speciesChile: 2 speciesSomalia: 1 speciesKenya: 1 speciesHaiti: 1 speciesRussia: 1 speciesBahamas: 1 speciesFalkland Is.: 1 speciesNorway: 2 speciesGreenland: 1 speciesFr. S. Antarctic Lands: 2 speciesTimor-Leste: 1 speciesSouth Africa: 2 speciesMexico: 2 speciesUruguay: 2 speciesBrazil: 2 speciesPeru: 2 speciesColombia: 1 speciesPanama: 2 speciesCosta Rica: 2 speciesNicaragua: 1 speciesEl Salvador: 1 speciesGuatemala: 2 speciesBelize: 1 speciesVenezuela: 1 speciesSuriname: 1 speciesFrance: 2 speciesEcuador: 2 speciesPuerto Rico: 1 speciesJamaica: 1 speciesCuba: 1 speciesNamibia: 1 speciesSenegal: 1 speciesMauritania: 1 speciesBenin: 1 speciesNigeria: 1 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 1 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 1 speciesLiberia: 1 speciesGabon: 1 speciesIsrael: 2 speciesMadagascar: 1 speciesGambia: 1 speciesTunisia: 1 speciesAlgeria: 1 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 1 speciesKuwait: 1 speciesOman: 1 speciesThailand: 1 speciesMyanmar: 1 speciesVietnam: 2 speciesIndia: 2 speciesBangladesh: 1 speciesPakistan: 1 speciesSweden: 2 speciesUkraine: 1 speciesPoland: 1 speciesRomania: 1 speciesGermany: 2 speciesBulgaria: 1 speciesGreece: 1 speciesTurkey: 1 speciesAlbania: 1 speciesCroatia: 1 speciesBelgium: 1 speciesNetherlands: 2 speciesPortugal: 2 speciesSpain: 2 speciesIreland: 2 speciesNew Caledonia: 2 speciesSolomon Is.: 1 speciesNew Zealand: 2 speciesAustralia: 2 speciesSri Lanka: 2 speciesChina: 1 speciesTaiwan: 1 speciesItaly: 1 speciesDenmark: 2 speciesUnited Kingdom: 2 speciesIceland: 2 speciesGeorgia: 2 speciesPhilippines: 1 speciesSlovenia: 1 speciesFinland: 2 speciesJapan: 2 speciesYemen: 1 speciesSaudi Arabia: 1 speciesCyprus: 1 speciesMorocco: 2 speciesEgypt: 1 speciesDjibouti: 1 speciesMontenegro: 1 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 1 species
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. United States2
  2. Mexico2
  3. Canada2
  4. Australia2
  5. Portugal2
  6. Iceland2
  7. Norway2
  8. New Zealand2
  9. United Kingdom2
  10. Faroe Islands2
  11. French Southern Territories2
  12. Chile2
  13. Sri Lanka2
  14. Ecuador2
  15. Spain2
  16. Argentina2
  17. Ireland2
  18. France2
  19. India2
  20. Japan2

How “whales and dolphins” is defined here

A species belongs to this group if it sits anywhere under one of these branches of the classification.

order Cetaceafamily Balaenopteridaefamily Delphinidae

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