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Cetacean Update of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Cetacean update of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Sp./Subsp./Subpop. Common name Taxonomic level 2008 Status Balaena mysticetus Bowhead whale species Least Concern (LC) Balaena mysticetus Bering-Beaufort-Chukchi Sea Bering-Beaufort-Chukchi Sea bowhead whale subpopulation Lower Risk/conservation dependent (LR/cd) Balaena mysticetus Okhotsk Sea Okhotsk Sea bowhead whale subpopulation Endangered (EN) Balaena mysticetus Svaalbard-Barents Sea Svaalbard-Barents Sea bowhead whale subpopulation Critically Endangered (CR) Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common minke whale species Least Concern (LC) Balaenoptera bonaerensis Antarctic minke whale species Data Deficient (DD) Balaenoptera borealis Sei whale species Endangered (EN) Balaenoptera edeni/brydei Bryde's whale complex species Data Deficient (DD) Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale species Endangered (EN) Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda Pygmy blue whale subspecies Data Deficient (DD) Balaenoptera musculus intermedia Antarctic blue whale subspecies Critically Endangered (CR) Balaenoptera musculus musculus North Atlantic North Atlantic blue whale subpopulation Vulnerable (VU) Balaenoptera musculus musculus North Pacific North Pacific blue whale subpopulation Lower Risk/conservation dependent (LR/cd) Balaenoptera omurai Omura's whale species Data Deficient (DD) Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale species Endangered (EN) Berardius arnuxii Arnoux' beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Berardius bairdii Baird's beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Caperea marginata Pygmy right whale species Data Deficient (DD) Cephalorhynchus commersonii Commerson's dolphin species Data Deficient (DD) Cephalorhynchus eutropia Chilean dolphin species Near Threatened (NT) Cephalorhynchus heavisidii Heaviside's dolphin species Data Deficient (DD) Cephalorhynchus hectori Hector's dolphin species Endangered (EN) Cephalorhynchus hectori maui Maui's dolphin subspecies Critically Endangered (CR) Delphinapterus leucas Beluga whale species Near Threatened (NT) Delphinapterus leucas Cook Inlet Cook Inlet beluga whale subpopulation Critically Endangered (CR) Delphinus capensis Long-beaked common dolphin species Data Deficient (DD) Delphinus delphis Short-beaked common dolphin species Least Concern (LC) Delphinus delphis ponticus Black Sea common dolphin subspecies Vulnerable (VU) Delphinus delphis Mediterranean Mediterranean common dolphin subpopulation Endangered (EN) Eschrichtius robustus Gray whale species Least Concern (LC) Eschrichtius robustus Northwest Pacific Northwest Pacific gray whale subpopulation Critically Endangered (CR) Eubalaena australis Southern right whale species Least Concern (LC) Eubalaena australis Chile-Peru Chile-Peru right whale subpopulation Critically Endangered (CR) Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale species Endangered (EN) Eubalaena japonica North Pacific right whale species Endangered (EN) Eubalaena japonica Northeast Pacific Northeast Pacific right whale subpopulation Critically Endangered (CR) Feresa attenuata Pygmy killer whale species Data Deficient (DD) Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned pilot whale species Data Deficient (DD) Globicephala melas Long-finned pilot whale species Data Deficient (DD) Grampus griseus Risso's dolphin species Least Concern (LC) Hyperoodon ampullatus Northern bottlenose whale species Data Deficient (DD) Hyperoodon planifrons Sothern bottlenose whale species Least Concern (LC) Indopacetus pacificus Tropical bottlenose whale species Data Deficient (DD) Inia geoffrensis Boto species Data Deficient (DD) Kogia breviceps Pygmy sperm whale species Data Deficient (DD) Kogia sima Dwarf sperm whale species Data Deficient (DD) Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser's dolphin species Least Concern (LC) Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic white-sided dolphin species Least Concern (LC) Lagenorhynchus albirostris White-beaked dolphin species Least Concern (LC) Lagenorhynchus australis Peale's dolphin species Data Deficient (DD) Lagenorhynchus cruciger Hourglass dolphin species Least Concern (LC) Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Pacific white-sided dolphin species Least Concern (LC) Lagenorhynchus obscurus Dusky dolphin species Data Deficient (DD) Lipotes vexillifer Baiji species Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) (CR (P Lissodelphis borealis Northern right whale dolphin species Least Concern (LC) Lissodelphis peronii Southern right whale dolphin species Data Deficient (DD) Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback whale species Least Concern (LC) Megaptera novaeangliae Arabian Sea Arabian Sea humpback whale subpopulation Endangered (EN) Megaptera novaeangliae Oceania Oceania humpback whale subpopulation Endangered (EN) Mesoplodon bidens Sowerby's beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrew's beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Hubb's beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville's beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais' beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Mesoplodon ginkgodens Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Mesoplodon grayi Gray's beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Mesoplodon hectori Hector's beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Mesoplodon layardii Strap-toothed whale species Data Deficient (DD) Mesoplodon mirus True's beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Mesoplodon perrini Perrin's beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Mesoplodon peruvianus Pygmy beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Mesoplodon stejnegeri Stejneger's beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Mesoplodon traversii Spade-toothed whale species Data Deficient (DD) Monodon monoceros Narwhal species Near Threatened (NT) Neophocaena phocaenoides Finless porpoise species Vulnerable (VU) Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis Yangtze finless porpoise subspecies Endangered (EN) Orcaella brevirostris Irrawaddy dolphin species Vulnerable (VU) Orcaella brevirostris Ayeyarwady River Ayeyarwady River Irrawaddy dolphin subpopulation Critically Endangered (CR) Orcaella brevirostris Mahakam River Mahakam River Irrawaddy dolphin subpopulation Critically Endangered (CR) Orcaella brevirostris Malampaya Sound Malampaya Sound Irrawaddy dolphin subpopulation Critically Endangered (CR) Orcaella brevirostris Mekong River Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin subpopulation Critically Endangered (CR) Orcaella brevirostris Songkhla Lake Songkhla Lake Irrawaddy dolphin subpopulation Critically Endangered (CR) Orcaella heinsohni Australian snubfin dolphin species Near Threatened (NT) Orcinus orca Killer whale species Data Deficient (DD) Peponocephala electra Melon-headed whale species Least Concern (LC) Phocoena dioptrica Spectacled porpoise species Data Deficient (DD) Phocoena phocoena Harbour porpoise species Least Concern (LC) Phocoena phocoena Baltic Sea Baltic Sea harbour porpoise subpopulation Critically Endangered (CR) Phocoena phocoena relicta Black Sea harbour porpoise subspecies Endangered (EN) Phocoena sinus Vaquita species Critically Endangered (CR) Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister's porpoise species Data Deficient (DD) Phocoenoides dalli Dall's porpoise species Least Concern (LC) Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale species Vulnerable (VU) Platanista gangetica South Asian river dolphin species Endangered (EN) Platanista gangetica gangetica Ganges dolphin subspecies Endangered (EN) Platanista gangetica minor Indus River dolphin subspecies Endangered (EN) Pontoporia blainvillei Franciscana species Vulnerable (VU) Pontoporia blainvillei Rio Grande do Sul/Uruguay Rio Grande do Sul/Uruguay franciscana subpopulation Vulnerable (VU) Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale species Data Deficient (DD) Sotalia fluviatilis Tucuxi species Data Deficient (DD) Sousa chinensis Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin species Near Threatened (NT) Sousa chinensis Eastern Taiwan Strait Eastern Taiwan Strait humpback dolphin subpopulation Critically Endangered (CR) Sousa teuszii Atlantic humpback dolphin species Vulnerable (VU) Stenella attenuata Pantropical spotted dolphin species Least Concern (LC) Stenella clymene Clymene dolphin species Data Deficient (DD) Stenella coeruleoalba Striped dolphin species Least Concern (LC) Stenella frontalis Atlantic spotted dolphin species Data Deficient (DD) Stenella longirostris Spinner dolphin species Data Deficient (DD) Stenella longirostris orientalis Eastern spinner dolphin subspecies Vulnerable (VU) Steno bredanensis Rough-toothed dolphin species Least Concern (LC) Tasmacetus shepherdi Shepherd's beaked whale species Data Deficient (DD) Tursiops aduncus Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin species Data Deficient (DD) Tursiops truncatus Common bottlenose dolphin species Least Concern (LC) Tursiops truncatus ponticus Black Sea bottlenose dolphin subspecies Endangered (EN) Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale species Least Concern (LC).
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