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Species in the Northeast Atlantic and their state of conservation according to the UICN Red List
MYSTICETI |
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Balaenids |
Balaenopterids |
Greenland right whale (Balaena myscticetus) CR |
Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) NT |
Atlantic northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) NA |
Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) EN |
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Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) EN |
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Common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) LC |
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Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) NE |
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Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) LC |
TOOTHED WHALES |
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Beaked whales |
Delphinidae |
Northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) DD |
Orca (Orcinus orca) DD |
Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) DD |
Melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra) NA |
Blainville’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) DD |
killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) NA |
Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) DD |
Pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) NE |
Gervais’ beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus) DD |
Long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) DD |
Gray’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi) NE |
Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) NE |
True’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) DD |
Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) DD |
Physiteridae |
Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) LC |
Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) VU |
White-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) LC |
Kogiidae |
Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) DD |
Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) NA |
Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) DD |
Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia simus) NA |
Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) NE |
Monodontidae |
Fraser’s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) NA |
Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) NA |
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) |
Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) NA |
Phocoenidae |
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Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) VU |
CR (CRITICALLY ENDANGERED), EN (ENDANGERED), VU (VULNERABLE), NT (NEAR THREATENED), LT (LISTED), DD (DATA DEFICIENT), NA (NO INFORMATION), NE (NOT EVALUATED) |