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 | |||||
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| 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 |



