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Whales and dolphins

The following whale and dolphin species are present or have been recorded in waters off the coast of the Otway Ranges.

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Common name Formal name        
50 Dolphin Lissodelphis peronii
51 Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus
52 Common Dolphin Delphinus delphinus
53 Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
54 Killer Whale Orcinus orca
55 Long-flippered Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
56 False Killer Whale Pseudora crassidens
57 Pygmy Killer Whale Kogia breviceps
58 Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
59 Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
60 Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis
61 Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata
62 Dwarf Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
63 Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis
64 Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis
65 Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera edeni
66 Fin Whale Balaenoptora physalus
67 Blue Whale Malaenoptora musculus
68 Andrew's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bowdoini
69 Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris
70 Ginko-toothed Whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens
71 Strap-toothed Beakes Whale Mesoplodon layardi
72 True's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon mirus
73 Hector's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon hectori
74 Gray's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon grayi
75 Goose-beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
76 Shepherd's Beaked Whale Tasmacetus shepherdi
77 Arnoux's Beaked Whale Beradius arnuxii
78 Southern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon planifrans