IUCN 1996 Red List of Endangered Cetacea
MAMMALIA
- CETACEA
- BALAENIDAE
- Balaena mysticetus
| Common name(s): |
Bowhead Whale |
| Category/Criteria: |
Endangered/D1 |
| Distribution: |
Pacific northwest |
| Caveat: |
wcmc.org.uk |
| Stock: |
(S3) |
- Balaena mysticetus
| Common name(s): |
Bowhead Whale |
| Category/Criteria: |
Endangered/D1 |
| Distribution: |
Atlantic northeast |
| Caveat: |
wcmc.org.uk |
| Stock: |
(S5) |
- Eubalaena glacialis
| Common name(s): |
Northern Right Whale |
| Category/Criteria: |
Endangered/C1, D1 |
| Distribution: |
Arctic Sea, Atlantic northeast, Atlantic northwest, Atlantic western central, Pacific eastern central, Pacific northeast, Pacific northwest |
| Caveat: |
wcmc.org.uk |
| Stock: |
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- Eubalaena glacialis
| Common name(s): |
Northern Right Whale |
| Category/Criteria: |
Endangered/D1 |
| Distribution: |
Pacific eastern central, Pacific northeast, Pacific northwest, Atlantic northwest, Atlantic western central |
| Caveat: |
wcmc.org.uk |
| Stock: |
(S2) |
- BALAENOPTERIDAE
- Balaenoptera borealis
| Common name(s): |
Sei Whale |
| Category/Criteria: |
Endangered/A1abd |
| Distribution: |
Atlantic Antarctic, Atlantic eastern central, Atlantic northeast, Atlantic northwest, Atlantic southeast, Atlantic southwest, Atlantic western central, Indian Ocean Antarctic, Indian Ocean eastern, Indian Ocean western, Mediterranean and Black Sea , Pacific Antarctic, Pacific eastern central, Pacific northeast, Pacific northwest, Pacific southeast, Pacific southwest, Pacific western central |
| Caveat: |
wcmc.org.uk |
| Stock: |
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- Balaenoptera musculus
| Common name(s): |
Blue Whale |
| Category/Criteria: |
Endangered/A1abd |
| Distribution: |
Arctic Sea, Atlantic Antarctic, Atlantic eastern central, Atlantic northeast, Atlantic northwest, Atlantic southeast, Atlantic southwest, Atlantic western central, Indian Ocean Antarctic, Indian Ocean eastern, Indian Ocean western, Mediterranean and Black Sea western central, Pacific Antarctic, Pacific eastern central, Pacific northeast, Pacific northwest, Pacific southeast, Pacific southwest |
| Caveat: |
wcmc.org.uk |
| Stock: |
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- Balaenoptera musculus
| Common name(s): |
Blue Whale |
| Category/Criteria: |
Endangered/D1 |
| Distribution: |
Atlantic Antarctic, Indian Ocean Antarctic, Pacific Antarctic |
| Caveat: |
wcmc.org.uk |
| Stock: |
(S1) |
- Balaenoptera physalus
| Common name(s): |
Fin Whale |
| Category/Criteria: |
Endangered/A1abd |
| Distribution: |
Arctic Sea, Atlantic Antarctic, Atlantic eastern central, Atlantic northeast, Atlantic northwest, Atlantic southeast, Atlantic southwest, Atlantic western central, Indian Ocean Antarctic, Indian Ocean eastern, Indian Ocean western, Mediterranean and Black Sea , Pacific Antarctic, Pacific eastern central, Pacific northeast, Pacific northwest, Pacific southeast, Pacific southwest, Pacific western central |
| Caveat: |
wcmc.org.uk |
| Stock: |
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- ESCHRICHTIIDAE
- Eschrichtius robustus
| Common name(s): |
Gray Whale |
| Category/Criteria: |
Endangered/D1 |
| Distribution: |
Pacific northwest |
| Caveat: |
wcmc.org.uk |
| Stock: |
(S2) |
- PHOCOENIDAE
- Neophocaena phocaenoides
| Common name(s): |
Finless Porpoise |
| Category/Criteria: |
Endangered/C2b |
| Distribution: |
China |
| Caveat: |
wcmc.org.uk |
| Stock: |
(S) |
- PLATANISTIDAE
- Platanista gangetica
| Common name(s): |
Ganges River Dolphin |
| Category/Criteria: |
Endangered/A1acd |
| Distribution: |
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal |
| Caveat: |
wcmc.org.uk |
| Stock: |
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- Platanista minor
| Common name(s): |
Indus River Dolphin |
| Category/Criteria: |
Endangered/A1acd, B1+2abcde |
| Distribution: |
Pakistan |
| Caveat: |
wcmc.org.uk |
| Stock: |
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This list of Cetacea is the result of a search of the database of 'The IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals' which is maintained by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
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