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Appendix E: Scientific and Common Names
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... Appendix E Scientific and Common Names Order Carnivora Family Felidae Puma concolor coryi Florida Panther Family Mustelidae Enhydra lutris Sea otter Family Odobenidae Odobenus rosmarus Walrus Family Otariidae Zalophus californianus California sea lion Eumetopias jubatus Steller sea lion Family Phocidae Mirounga augustirostris Elephant seal Halichoerus grypus Gray seal Phoca vitulina Harbor seal Phoca hispida Ringed seal Leptonychotes weddellii Weddell seal Order Cetacea Family Balaenidae Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale Family Balaenopteridae Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale 125
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... 126 MARINE MAMMAL POPULATIONS AND OCEAN NOISE Family Delphididae Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose dolphin Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale Orcinus orca Killer whale Family Eschrichtiidae Eschrichtius robustus Western gray whale Family Kogiidae Kogia sima Dwarf sperm whale Kogia breviceps Pygmy sperm whale Family Monodontidae Delphinapterus leucas Beluga whale (=white whale) Monodon monoceros Narwhal Family Phocoenidae Phocoena phocoena Harbor porpoise Family Physeteridae Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale Family Ziphiidae Berardius bairdii Baird's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale Order Gadiformes Family Gadidae Theragra chalcogramma Walleye pollock Order Rodentia Family Muridae Peromyscus maniculatus Wild Deer mouse Order Squamata Family Iguanidae Amblyrhynchus cristatus Marine iguana

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