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Marine mammals of the Loreto Bay National Park.
CARMEN ISLAND
BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR

Responsible:
Maryvel Medrano Padilla.

Participant Institutions:
Organización Vida Silvestre, A.C.

Starting date: April 1st, 1999.

Finish date: January 15, 2000.

 

By means of direct observations and historical records from the literature, a checklist of the marine mammals from the Loreto Bay National Park, Baja California Sur, was obtained.

28 species of marine mammals were recorded, of which 25 are cetaceans (whales and dolphins) and 3 pinnipeds (seals and sea lions).

This study generated the information needed fro the marine mammals chapter of the book: Carmen Island’s Field Guide of Flora and Fauna.


Checklist:

1. Ballena azul, blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
2. Ballena de aleta, fin whale, finback, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus
3. Ballena sei, Balaenoptera borealis
4. Ballena bryde, bryde’s whale, Balaenoptera edeni
5. Ballena jorobada, humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
6. Ballena minke, minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
7. Ballena gris, gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
8. Cachalote, sperm whale, cachalot, Physeter macrocephalus
9. Cachalote enano , dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus
10. Cachalote pigmeo, pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps
11. Calderon, short-finned pilot whale, pothead, Globicephala macrorhynchus
12. Orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca
13. Tonina, bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
14. Delfín común de hocico largo, common dolphin, long balled, Delphinus capensis
15. Delfín común, Delphinus delphis
16. Delfín manchado, spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata
17. Delfín tornillo, spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris
18. Delfín listado, striped dolphin, streaker porpoise, whitebelly, Stenella coeruleoalba
19. Orca falsa, false killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
20. Delfín de risso, risso’s dolphin, gray grampus, mottled grampus, Grampus griseus
21. Lobo marino de california, california sea lion, Zalophus californianus
22. Ballena picuda, whales beaked, Mesoplodon peruvianus
23. Ballena picuda, whales beaked, Mesoplodon sp.
24. Ballena picuda de cuvier, whales beaked cuvier, Ziphius cavirostris
25. Delfín de dientes rugosos, rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis
26. Ballena cabeza de melón, melon headed whale, Peponocephala electra
27. Orca falsa, false killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
28. Phoca vitulina
29. Northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris

 

CURRENT

Bats.

Herpetofauna.

 

COMPLETED

Ornitofauna.

Diversity and distribution of decapod crustaceans

Terrestrial mammals.

Herpetofauna.

Vegetation ecology

Bioecology of the brine shrimp

Habitat use of the desert bighorn sheep

Nesting areas of the yellow-footed gull

Calderon, short-finned pilot whale, pothead, Globicephala macrorhynchus Lobo marino de california, california sea lion, Zalophus californianus