MAMMAL COLLECTION HOLDINGS OF THE
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

ORDER CETACEA

(Broken down to Country and State)


ORDER CETACEA

 

FAMILY BALAENIDAE

 

Balaena           mysticetus        Beaufort Sea                                         1
Balaena           mysticetus        United States        Alaska                         77
Balaena           mysticetus                                                             1
Eubalaena         glacialis         United States        Georgia                         1
Eubalaena         glacialis                                                              2

 

FAMILY BALAENOPTERIDAE

 

Balaenoptera      acutorostrata     United States        California                     10
Balaenoptera      edeni             Mexico               Baja California Norte           1
Balaenoptera      edeni             United States        California                      1
Balaenoptera      edeni             United States        Florida                         1
Balaenoptera      musculus          United States        California                      3
Balaenoptera      physalus          United States        California                      8
Balaenoptera      physalus          North Pacific                                        1
Balaenoptera                        Mexico               Baja California Norte           1
Balaenoptera                        Peru                                                 1
Balaenoptera                        United States        California                      4
Balaenoptera                                                                             1
Megaptera         novaeangliae      United States        California                      3
Megaptera         novaeangliae                                                           1
Balaenopteridae                     Mexico               Gulf of California              1

 

FAMILY ESCHRICHTIIDAE

 

Eschrichtius      robustus          Chukchi Sea                                          1
Eschrichtius      robustus          Mexico               Baja California Norte           1
Eschrichtius      robustus          Mexico               Baja California Sur             4
Eschrichtius      robustus          Mexico                                               1
Eschrichtius      robustus          United States        Alaska                          2
Eschrichtius      robustus          United States        California                     50
Eschrichtius      robustus                                                               7

 

FAMILY DELPHINIDAE

 

Cephalorhynchus   commersonii       Argentina            Tierra del Fuego Nat'l Terr     1
Cephalorhynchus   commersonii                                                            1
Delphinus         capensis          North Pacific                                       10
Delphinus         capensis          United States        California                    138
Delphinus         capensis                                                               4
Delphinus         delphis           Mexico               Baja California Norte           5
Delphinus         delphis           Mexico               Baja California Sur             3
Delphinus         delphis           Mexico               Gulf of California              3
Delphinus         delphis           Mexico                                               2
Delphinus         delphis           North Pacific                                      459
Delphinus         delphis           South Pacific                                        4
Delphinus         delphis           United States        California                    210
Delphinus         delphis                                                                8
Delphinus                           United States        California                      2
Feresa            attenuata         North Pacific        Hawaiian Ids                    1
Feresa            attenuata         United States        Florida                         1
Globicephala      macrorhynchus     Japan                Honshu                          2
Globicephala      macrorhynchus     Japan                                                2
Globicephala      macrorhynchus     Mexico               Baja California Sur             1
Globicephala      macrorhynchus     Mexico               Baja California                 1
Globicephala      macrorhynchus     Mexico               Sonora                          2
Globicephala      macrorhynchus     North Pacific        Hawaiian Ids                    2
Globicephala      macrorhynchus     North Pacific                                        2
Globicephala      macrorhynchus     United States        California                     64
Globicephala      macrorhynchus                                                          2
Globicephala      melas             Australia            Tasmania                        1
Globicephala      melas             Canada               Newfoundland and Labrador      13
Globicephala                                                                             3
Grampus           griseus           North Pacific                                        5
Grampus           griseus           United States        California                     17
Grampus           griseus           United States        Florida                         1
Lagenodelphis     hosei             South Pacific                                        1
Lagenorhynchus    acutus            United States        Massachusetts                   4
Lagenorhynchus    albirostris       United Kingdom       England                         1
Lagenorhynchus    obliquidens       Mexico               Baja California Norte           2
Lagenorhynchus    obliquidens       Mexico               Baja California Sur             2
Lagenorhynchus    obliquidens       Mexico                                               1
Lagenorhynchus    obliquidens       North Pacific                                       17
Lagenorhynchus    obliquidens       United States        California                     82
Lagenorhynchus    obliquidens       United States        Oregon                          1
Lagenorhynchus    obliquidens                                                            9
Lagenorhynchus                      Australia            Tasmania                        1
Lagenorhynchus                      United States        California                      1
Lissodelphis      borealis          North Pacific                                       31
Lissodelphis      borealis          United States        California                     21
Orcinus           orca              Canada               British Columbia                4
Orcinus           orca              United States        California                      8
Peponocephala     electra           North Pacific        Hawaiian Ids                    2
Pseudorca         crassidens        Japan                                                1
Pseudorca         crassidens        Mexico               Gulf of California              2
Pseudorca         crassidens        North Pacific        Hawaiian Ids                    1
Pseudorca         crassidens        United States        California                      6
Pseudorca         crassidens        United States        Oregon                          1
Sotalia           fluviatilis       Brazil               Amazonas State                  1
Sotalia           fluviatilis       Brazil                                               3
Sotalia           fluviatilis       Colombia                                             1
Sousa                               Pakistan             Sind Prov                       1
Stenella          attenuata         Costa Rica                                           2
Stenella          attenuata         Japan                Honshu                          1
Stenella          attenuata         Mexico               Colima                          2
Stenella          attenuata         Mexico               Jalisco                         3
Stenella          attenuata         Mexico                                               8
Stenella          attenuata         North Pacific        Hawaiian Ids                    2
Stenella          attenuata         North Pacific                                      981
Stenella          attenuata         South Pacific                                       61
Stenella          attenuata                                                             22
Stenella          coeruleoalba      Mexico               Baja California Norte           1
Stenella          coeruleoalba      Mexico               Baja California Sur             1
Stenella          coeruleoalba      North Pacific                                       47
Stenella          coeruleoalba      South Pacific                                       12
Stenella          coeruleoalba      United States        California                      7
Stenella          coeruleoalba                                                           1
Stenella          frontalis         United States        Florida                         2
Stenella          longirostris      Mexico                                               5
Stenella          longirostris      Nicaragua                                            1
Stenella          longirostris      North Pacific        Hawaiian Ids                    5
Stenella          longirostris      North Pacific                                      343
Stenella          longirostris      South Pacific                                       39
Stenella          longirostris      United States        Alaska                          1
Stenella          longirostris      United States        California                      1
Stenella          longirostris                                                           8
Stenella                            Mexico                                               7
Stenella                            North Pacific        Christmas Id                    1
Stenella                            North Pacific        Clipperton Id                   1
Stenella                            North Pacific        Hawaiian Ids                    1
Stenella                            North Pacific                                        1
Stenella                            United States        California                      1
Stenella                                                                                 7
Steno             bredanensis       North Pacific                                        1
Steno             bredanensis                                                            4
Tursiops          truncatus         Japan                Honshu                          1
Tursiops          truncatus         Mexico               Baja California Norte          13
Tursiops          truncatus         Mexico               Baja California Sur             5
Tursiops          truncatus         Mexico               Gulf of California             12
Tursiops          truncatus         Mexico               Sonora                          4
Tursiops          truncatus         North Pacific        Hawaiian Ids                    3
Tursiops          truncatus         North Pacific                                        5
Tursiops          truncatus         Pakistan             Sind Prov                       1
Tursiops          truncatus         United States        California                     84
Tursiops          truncatus         United States        Florida                        10
Tursiops          truncatus                                                             10
Tursiops x Pseudorca                                                                     1
Delphinidae                         United States        California                      2
Delphinidae                                                                              1

 

FAMILY MONODONTIDAE

 

Delphinapterus    leucas            Canada               Manitoba                        3
Delphinapterus    leucas            Greenland                                            1
Delphinapterus    leucas            United States        Alaska                          2
Delphinapterus    leucas                                                                 3
Monodon           monoceros         Greenland                                           30
Monodon           monoceros         Greenland Sea                                        2
Monodon           monoceros                                                              1

 

FAMILY PHOCOENIDAE

 

Australophocaena  dioptrica         Argentina            Tierra del Fuego Nat'l Terr     2
Neophocaena       phocaenoides      Japan                Honshu                          1
Neophocaena       phocaenoides      Pakistan             Baluchistan Prov                1
Phocoena          phocoena          Netherlands                                          1
Phocoena          phocoena          North Pacific                                       13
Phocoena          phocoena          United States        California                     37
Phocoena          phocoena          United States        Massachusetts                   2
Phocoena          phocoena          United States        Oregon                          3
Phocoena          phocoena          United States        Washington                      1
Phocoena          phocoena                                                               4
Phocoena          sinus             Mexico               Baja California Norte           3
Phocoena          sinus             Mexico               Sonora                          1
Phocoena          spinipinnis       Peru                                                 1
Phocoena                            United States        California                      2
Phocoenoides      dalli             North Pacific                                       16
Phocoenoides      dalli             United States        California                     24
Phocoenoides      dalli                                                                  3

 

FAMILY PHYSETERIDAE

 

Kogia             breviceps         Mexico               Baja California Norte           1
Kogia             breviceps         United States        California                     10
Kogia             breviceps         United States        Florida                         1
Kogia             simus             Japan                Honshu                          3
Kogia             simus             North Pacific        Hawaiian Ids                    1
Kogia             simus             United States        California                      4
Kogia             simus             United States        Florida                         1
Kogia                               Mexico               Baja California Norte           1
Kogia                               Mexico               Baja California Sur             2
Physeter          catodon           United States        Alaska                          2
Physeter          catodon           United States        California                      9
Physeter          catodon           United States        Florida                         4
Physeter          catodon                                                                4

 

FAMILY INIIDAE

 

Inia              geoffrensis       Brazil                                               1
Inia              geoffrensis       Colombia                                             9
Inia              geoffrensis       Peru                                                11
Inia              geoffrensis       Venezuela                                            2
Inia              geoffrensis                                                            1
Pontoporia        blainvillei       Uruguay                                             15
Pontoporia        blainvillei                                                            1

 

FAMILY ZIPHIIDAE

 

Berardius         arnuxii           Argentina            Buenos Aires Prov               1
Berardius         bairdii           Japan                Honshu                          5
Berardius         bairdii           North Pacific                                        1
Berardius         bairdii           United States        Alaska                          1
Berardius         bairdii           United States        California                      1
Berardius                           United States                                        1
Mesoplodon        bidens            Denmark              Kabenhavn                       1
Mesoplodon        bidens            Sweden               Goteborg and Bohus Co           1
Mesoplodon        carlhubbsi        United States        California                      5
Mesoplodon        europaeus         United States        Florida                         1
Mesoplodon        europaeus                                                              1
Mesoplodon        grayi             Denmark              Kabenhavn                       1
Mesoplodon        hectori           United States        California                      1
Mesoplodon        peruvianus        United States        California                      1
Mesoplodon        stejnegeri        United States        California                      4
Mesoplodon        stejnegeri        United States        Oregon                          1
Mesoplodon                          Uruguay              Montevideo Dept                 1
Ziphius           cavirostris       Japan                                                1
Ziphius           cavirostris       Mexico               Baja California Sur             1
Ziphius           cavirostris       Mexico               Gulf of California              1
Ziphius           cavirostris       North Pacific        Hawaiian Ids                    1
Ziphius           cavirostris       North Pacific                                        1
Ziphius           cavirostris       United States        Alaska                          2
Ziphius           cavirostris       United States        California                     10
Ziphius           cavirostris       United States        Florida                         1
Ziphius           cavirostris       Uruguay              Montevideo Dept                 1
Ziphius           cavirostris                                                            3
Ziphiidae                                                                                1



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