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Marine
Animals of California Coast
Animals with names in RED
are highly endangered species. (Images not to scale)
For a handy laminated plastic guide of all of these
animals, go to Rainforest Publications website.
Looking for Sharks? Go to our Pacific
Coast Shark page.
To help protect these fantastc animals, please check
out the Resources
page for links to groups, organizations, and learning
centers.
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Gray Whale
Eschrchitius robustus
Male: 14m , Female: 15m |
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Blue
Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
Male: 24m, Female: 26m
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Fin Whale
Balaenoptera physalus
Male: 22m, Female: 24m
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Sei Whale
Balaenoptera borealis
Male: 14m, Female: 15m |
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Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaaengliae
Male: 16m, Female: 17m
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Bryde's Whale
Balaenoptera brydei
Male: 13m, Female: 15m
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Minke Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostra
Male: 9m, Female: 10m
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Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
Male: 18m, Female: 12m
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Dwarf Sperm Whale
Kogia sima
Male: 2.7m, Female: 2.7m
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Pygmy Sperm Whale
Kogia breviceps
Male: 3.5m, Female: 3.5m
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Baird's Beaked Whale
Beradius bairdii
Male: 12m, Female: 13m
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Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Ziphius cavirostris
Male: 7m, Female: 7.5m
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Short-finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Male: 7m, Female: 5.1m
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False Killer Whale
Pseudorca crassidens
Male: 6m, Female: 5m
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Killer Whale
Orcas
Male: 9m, Female: 7.7
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Short-beaked Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis
Male: 2.7m, Female: 2.6m
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Long-beaked Common Dolphin
Delphinus capensis
Male: 2.3m, Female: 2.3m
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Northern Right Whale Dolphin
Lissodelphis borealis
Male: 3m, Female: 2.8m
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Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Male: 4m, Female: 3.4m
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Striped Dolphin
Stenelia coeruleoalba
Male: 2.6m, Female: 2.4m
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Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Male: 2.5m, Female: 2.3m
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Risso's Dolphin
Grampus griseus
Male: 3.8m, Female: 3.5m
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Dall's Porpoise
Phocoenoides dalli
Male: 2.2m, Female: 1.9m
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Harbor Porpoise
Phocoena phcoena
Male: 1.5m, Female: 1.6m
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Guadalupe Fur Seal
Arctocephalus townsendi
Male: 2.2m, Female: 1.9m
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Stellar (Northern)
Sea Lion
Eumetopias jubatus
Male: 2.2m, Female: 2.9m
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Pacifc Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina richardii
Male: 1.8m, Female: 1.5m
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California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus
Male: 2.4m, Female: 2m
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Northern Fur Seal
Callorhinus ursinus
Male: 2.13m, Female: 1.42m
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Northern Elephant Seal
Mirounga angustirostris
Male: 4m, Female: 3m
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Sea Otter
Enhydra lutris
Male: 1.5m, Female: 1.4m
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