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SPECIES OF MARINE MAMMALS REGISTERED IN ECUADORIAN WATERS
A total of 33 species of marine and aquatic mammals have been recorded in Ecuadorian waters. They belong to three Orders: Cetacea, Carnivora and Sirenia. Within the Order cetacea we have two suborders: Mysticeti (true baleen whales, with 6 species) and Odontoceti (dolphins, toothed whales and beaked whales, with 21 species grouped in 5 Families: Delphinidae, Iniidae, Kogiidae, Physeteriadae and Ziphiidae). The Order Carnivora is represented by two Families: Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals, with 3 species) and Mustelidae (otters, with 2 species). Finally, the order Sirenia is represented by the Family Trichechidae (manatees), with one single species. Below we will show both the scientific and the common names in Spanish (Sp) and English (In) of each one of the species recorded.
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Mysticeti
Family: Balaenopteridae
Species:
|
Nombre común (Es) |
Common name (En) |
Balaenoptera musculus |
Ballena azul |
Blue whale |
Balaenoptera physalus |
Ballena de aleta |
Fin whale |
Balaenoptera borealis |
Ballena sei o boba |
Sei whale |
Balaenoptera edeni |
Ballena de Bryde |
Bryde's whale |
Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
Ballena minke |
Minke whale |
Megaptera novaeangliae |
Ballena jorobada |
Humpback whale |
Suborder: Odontocetes
Family: Delphinidae
Species:
|
Nombre común (Es) |
Common name (En) |
Delphinus delphis |
Delfín común de rostro corto |
Short-beaked common dolphin |
Feresa attenuata |
Orca pigmea |
Pygmy killer whale |
Globicephala macrorhynchus |
Ballena piloto de aletas cortas |
Short-finned pilot whale |
Grampus griseus |
Delfín de Risso |
Risso's dolphin |
Lagenodelphis hosei |
Delfín de Fraser |
Fraser's dolphin |
Orcinus orca |
Orca |
Orca |
Peponocephala electra |
Ballena cabeza de melón |
Melon-headed whale |
Pseudorca crassidens |
Falsa orca |
False killer whale |
Sotalia fluviatilis |
Delfín gris |
Tucuxi |
Stenella attenuata |
Delfín manchado |
Spotted dolphin |
Stenella coeruleoalba |
Delfín listado |
Stripped dolphin |
Stenella longirostris |
Delfín tornillo |
Spinner dolphin |
Steno bredanensis |
Delfín de dientes rugosos |
Rough-toothed dolphin |
Tursiops truncatus |
Bufeo |
Bottlenose dolphin |
Family: Iniidae
Species:
Inia geoffrensis |
Delfín rosado |
Boto |
Family: Kogiidae
Species:
Kogia sima |
Cachalote enano |
Dwarf sperm whale |
Family: Physeteridae
Species:
Physeter macrocephalus |
Cachalote |
Sperm whale |
Family: Ziphiidae
Species:
Hyperoodon planifrons |
Ballena nariz de botella austral |
Southern bottlenose whale |
Mesoplodon densirostris |
Ballena picuda de Blainville |
Blainville's beaked whale |
Mesoplodon ginkgodens |
Ballena picuda de ginkgo |
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale |
Ziphius cavirostris |
zifio de Cuvier |
Cuvier's beaked whale |
Order: Carnivores
Family: Otariidae
Species:
|
Nombre común (Es) |
Common name (En) |
Arctocephalus galapagoensis |
lobo fino de Galápagos |
Galapagos fur seal |
Otaria flavescens |
Lobo marino sudamericano |
South American sea lion |
Zalophus wollebaeki |
Lobo marino de Galápagos |
Galapagos sea lion |
Family: Mustelidae:
Species:
Lontra longicaudis |
Nutria, lobo de río, perro de agua |
Neotropical otter |
Pteronura brasiliensis |
Nutria |
Giant otter |
Order: Sirenians
Family: Trichechidae
Species:
|
Nombre común (Es) |
Common name (En) |
Trichechus inunguis |
Manatí |
Amazon manatee |
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