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Updated 11/22/2013
Marine
Mammals
Marine mammals include the Pinnipeds, Sea Otters, and Cetaceans.
All
are protected by Federal Law. The endangered Hawaiian Monk
Seal is the only pinniped native to Hawaii. |
Baleen whales have jaws lined with stiff fibrous plates used to strain
small fish and invertebrates from mouthfuls of seawater. They also have a pair of
blowholes and communicate using sound. Baleen whales do not
possess the same ability to use sound for navigation as found in toothed
whales. |
Toothed whales include dolphins, porpoises, sperm, and beaked
whales. They have a single blowhole, conical teeth, and use sound
for navigation, also known as echolocation, and communication. The
feed upon fish and squid and often form social groups called pods.
Toothed whales are wild animals that should not be taken lightly. |
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HAWAII
Monachus schauinslandi
HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL
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Megaptera
novaeangliae
HUMPBACK WHALE
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Stenella longirostris
HAWAIIAN SPINNER DOLPHIN
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Tursiops
spp.
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN
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Pseudorca
crassidens
FALSE KILLER WHALE
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Orcinus orca
KILLER WHALE
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Globicephala
macrorhynchus
SHORT-FINNED
PILOT WHALE
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Peponocephala electra
MELON-HEADED
WHALE
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ARCTIC OCEAN
Delphinapterus leucas
BELUGA or WHITE WHALE
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SOUTH ATLANTIC
Cephalorhynchus commersonii
COMMERSON'S DOLPHIN
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