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In Peru, the following etacean species have been registered (In order to find more information about their distribution range and coservation status, click on the name):
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Mysticeti
Family Balaenopteridae:
Balaenopteridae musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Blue
whale
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Fin
whale
Balaenoptera borealis (Lesson, 1828) - Sei
whale
Balenoptera edeni (Anderson, 1878) - Bryde
whale
Balaenoptera bonaerensis (Burmeister, 1867) - Minke
whale
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Humpback
whale
Family Balaenidae:
Eubalaena australis (Desmoilins, 1822) - Southern
right whale
Suborder Odontoceti
Family Physiteridae:
Physeter macrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sperm
whale
Kogia breviceps (De Blainville, 1838) - Pygmy
sperm whale
Kogia simus (Owen, 1866) - Dwarf
sperm whale
Family Ziphiidae:
Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier, 1823) - Cuvier's
beaked whale
Mesoplodon grayi (Von Haast, 1876) - Gray's
beaked whale
Mesoplodon peruvianus (Reyes, Mead y Van Waerebeek, 1991) -
Small beaked whale
Family Phocoenidae:
Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister, 1865) – Burmeisters
porpoise, Tonino, Marsopa espinosa
Family Delphinidae:
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) - Bottlenose
dolphin, bufeo
Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray 1828) - Dusky
dolphin
Delphinus delphis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common
dolphin
Delphinus capensis (Gray 1828) - Common
dolphin
Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) - Spotted
dolphin
Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) - Spinner
dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) - Striped
dolphin
Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépéde, 1804) - Southern
right whale dolphin
Globicephala macrorhynchus (Gray, 1846) - Short-finned
pilot whale
Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) - Long-finned
pilot whale
Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812) - Risso's
dolphin
Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) - Melon-headed
whale
Feresa attenuata (Gray, 1874) - Pygmy
killer whale
Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) - False
killer whale
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) -
Orca, killer whale
Family Stenidae
Sotalia fluviatilis (Gerais y Deville, 1853) - Tucuxi
Family Platanistidae:
Inia geofrensis (De Blainville, 1817) - Amazon
River Dolphin