Custom Species Lists
The following is a list of marine mammals that have been observed in the Salish Sea. It is based on a compilation by Gaydos and Pearson first published in Northwestern Naturalist no. 92 (2011): 79-94 and has been adapted to include both common and extremely rare visitors (e.g. species with single or uncommon occurrences such as the beluga whale, Guadalupe fur seal, and the ribbon seal).
Marine mammals of the Salish Sea
- Berardius bairdii - (Baird's Beaked Whale)
- Delphinapterus leucas - (Beluga Whale)
- Tursiops truncatus - (Bottlenose Dolphin)
- Balaenoptera brydei - (Bryde's Whale)
- Zalophus californianus - (California Sea Lion)
- Balaenoptera acutorostrata - (Common Minke Whale)
- Ziphius cavirostris - (Cuvier's Beaked Whale)
- Phocoenoides dalli - (Dall's Porpoise)
- Pseudorca crassidens - (False Killer Whale)
- Balaenoptera physalus - (Fin Whale)
- Eschrichtius robustus - (Gray Whale)
- Arctocephalus townsendi - (Guadalupe fur seal)
- Phocoena phocoena - (Harbor Porpoise)
- Phoca vitulina - (Harbor Seal)
- Mesoplodon carlhubbsi - (Hubbs' Beaked Whale)
- Megaptera novaeangliae - (Humpback Whale)
- Orcinus orca - (Killer Whale)
- Delphinus capensis - (Long-beaked Common Dolphin)
- Mirounga angustirostris - (Northern Elephant Seal)
- Callorhinus ursinus - (Northern Fur Seal)
- Lissodelphis borealis - (Northern Right Whale Dolphin)
- Lagenorhynchus obliquidens - (Pacific White-sided Dolphin)
- Kogia breviceps - (Pygmy Sperm Whale)
- Histriophoca fasciata - (Ribbon Seal)
- Grampus griseus - (Risso's Dolphin)
- Enhydra lutris - (Sea Otter)
- Delphinus delphis - (Short-beaked Common Dolphin )
- Globicephala macrorhynchus - (Short-finned Pilot Whale)
- Physeter macrocephalus - (Sperm Whale)
- Mesoplodon stejnegeri - (Stejneger's Beaked Whale)
- Eumetopias jubatus - (Steller Sea Lion)
- Stenella coeruleoalba - (Striped Dolphin)