List of mammals of the Mediterranean Sea
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The marine mammal species of the Mediterranean Sea includes 28 distinct species who have been observed, including 12 resident species: 11 cetaceans and one seal. In addition, it is common to find wandering individuals from other Atlantic species, such as the false killer whale, the Atlantic spotted dolphin, or the common minke whale, among others.[1]
Order: Carnivora
Family: Phocidae
- Genus: Monachus
- Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus EN
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Balaenopteridae
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- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus VU
Family: Delphinidae
- Genus: Delphinus
- Common dolphin, Delphinus delphis LC
- Genus: Globicephala
- Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas LC
- Genus: Grampus
- Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus LC
- Genus: Stenella
- Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LC
- Genus: Steno
- Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis LC
- Genus: Tursiops
- Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LC
Family: Phocoenidae
- Genus: Phocoena
- Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena LC
Family: Physeteridae
- Genus: Physeter
- Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus LC
Family: Ziphidae
- Genus: Ziphius
- Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris LC