This list of common marine mammals in the Salish Sea is adapted from a compilation by Gaydos and Pearson first published in Northwestern Naturalist no. 92 (2011): 79-94. It was prepared in 2024 and peer-reviewed by Jessie Huggins of Cascadia Research and Kristin Wilkinson of NOAA.
Custom Species Lists
Common marine mammals of the Salish Sea
- Zalophus californianus - (California Sea Lion)
- Balaenoptera acutorostrata - (Common Minke Whale)
- Phocoenoides dalli - (Dall's Porpoise)
- Eschrichtius robustus - (Gray Whale)
- Phocoena phocoena - (Harbor Porpoise)
- Phoca vitulina - (Harbor Seal)
- Megaptera novaeangliae - (Humpback Whale)
- Orcinus orca - (Killer Whale)
- Mirounga angustirostris - (Northern Elephant Seal)
- Lagenorhynchus obliquidens - (Pacific White-sided Dolphin)
- Enhydra lutris - (Sea Otter)
- Eumetopias jubatus - (Steller Sea Lion)