This list includes only marine mammals that are occasional or unusual to the Salish Sea. It was updated in 2024 and reviewed by Jessie Huggins, Cascadia Research and Kristin Wilkinson, NOAA.
Custom Species Lists
Less common Salish Sea marine mammals
- Berardius bairdii - (Baird's Beaked Whale)
- Delphinapterus leucas - (Beluga Whale)
- Tursiops truncatus - (Bottlenose Dolphin)
- Balaenoptera brydei - (Bryde's Whale)
- Ziphius cavirostris - (Cuvier's Beaked Whale)
- Pseudorca crassidens - (False Killer Whale)
- Balaenoptera physalus - (Fin Whale)
- Arctocephalus townsendi - (Guadalupe fur seal)
- Mesoplodon carlhubbsi - (Hubbs' Beaked Whale)
- Delphinus capensis - (Long-beaked Common Dolphin)
- Callorhinus ursinus - (Northern Fur Seal)
- Lissodelphis borealis - (Northern Right Whale Dolphin)
- Kogia breviceps - (Pygmy Sperm Whale)
- Histriophoca fasciata - (Ribbon Seal)
- Grampus griseus - (Risso's Dolphin)
- Delphinus delphis - (Short-beaked Common Dolphin )
- Globicephala macrorhynchus - (Short-finned Pilot Whale)
- Physeter macrocephalus - (Sperm Whale)
- Mesoplodon stejnegeri - (Stejneger's Beaked Whale)
- Stenella coeruleoalba - (Striped Dolphin)