INTERNATIONAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA CETACEAN SANCTUARY

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MEDITERRANEAN CETACEANS
1. REGULARLY PRESENT
Finback whale	(Balaenoptera physalus)
Sperm whale	(Physeter catodon)
Cuvier's beaked whale	(Ziphius cavirostris)
Pilot whale	(Globicephala melas)
Risso's dolphin	(Grampus griseus)
Bottlenose dolphin	(Tursiops truncatus)
Striped dolphin	(Stenella coeruleoalba)
Common dolphin	(Delphinus delphis)
2. OCCASIONALLY PRESENT
Minke whale	(Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
Killer whale	(Orcinus orca)
False killer whale	(Pseudorca crassidens)
Rough-tooted dolphin	(Steno bredanensis)
3. ACCIDENTLLY PRESENT
Northern right whale	(Eubalaena glacialis)
Sei whale	(Balaenoptera borealis)
Humpback whale	(Megaptera novaeangliae)
Dwarl sperm whale	(Kogia simus)
Blainville's beached whale	(Mesoplodon densirostris)
Indo-pacific humpback dolphin	(Sousa chinensis)
Harbour porpoise	(Phocoena phocoena)
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