Atlas of marine mammals (dolphins and whales)

A new initiative to compile basic distribution data for Namibia's marine mammals. Note that records of seals are not submitted here, but through the Mammal atlas.

Latest marine mammal records

These are the latest records added, for marine mammals.

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Species	Date	Recorder

Cephalorhynchus heavisidii \| Dolphin, Benguela	25/09/2022	Walters, Matthew
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii \| Dolphin, Benguela	25/09/2022	Walters, Matthew
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii \| Dolphin, Benguela	25/09/2022	Walters, Matthew
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii \| Dolphin, Benguela	25/09/2022	Walters, Matthew
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii \| Dolphin, Benguela	25/09/2022	Walters, Matthew
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii \| Dolphin, Benguela	25/09/2022	Walters, Matthew
Tursiops truncatus \| Dolphin, Atlantic bottlenose	18/09/2022	Ward, David
Globicephala macrorhynchus \| Whale, Short-fin pilot	25/09/2022	Walters, Matthew
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii \| Dolphin, Benguela	25/09/2022	Walters, Matthew
Eubalaena australis \| Whale, Southern right	01/01/2011	Kemper, Jessica

Cephalorhynchus heavisidii \| Dolphin, Benguela	Globicephala macrorhynchus \| Whale, Short-fin pilot	Globicephala macrorhynchus \| Whale, Short-fin pilot	Eubalaena australis \| Whale, Southern right

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NB Seals are listed under Atlas of mammals (carnivores)

Dolphin, Atlantic - Humpback Sousa teuszi	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Atlantic bottlenose Tursiops truncatus	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Atlantic Spotted Stenella frontalis	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Benguela Cephalorhynchus heavisidii	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Bridled Stenella attenuata	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Dusky Lagenorhynchus obscurus	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Indian ocean bottlenosed Tursiops aduncus	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Longbeaked common Delphinus capensis	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Risso's Grampus griseus	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Rough-toothed Steno bredanensis	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Short-Snouted spinner Stenella clymene	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Shortbeaked common Delphinus delphis	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Shortsnout Lagenodelphis hosei	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Southern right whale Lissodelphis peronii	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Spinner Stenella longirostris	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Dolphin, Striped Stenella coeruleoalba	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Antillean beaked Mesoplodon europaeus	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Arnux's beaked Berardius arnuxii	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Blainville's beaked Mesoplodon densirostris	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Blue Balaenoptera musculus	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Bryde's Baleanoptera edeni	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Dwarf sperm Kogia sima	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, False killer Pseudorca crassidens	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Fin Balaenoptera physalis	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Goosebeak Ziphius cavirostris	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Gray's beaked Mesoplodon grayi	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Great sperm Physeter catodon	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Hector's beaked Mesoplodon hectori	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Humpback Megaptera novaeangliae	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Killer Orcinus orca	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Long-fin pilot Globicephala melas	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Melonhead Peponocephala electra	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Minke Baleanoptera acutorostrata	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Pygmy killer Feresea attenuata	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Pygmy right Caperea marginata	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Pygmy sperm Kogia breviceps	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Sei Baleanoptera borialis	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Short-fin pilot Globicephala macrorhynchus	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Southern bottlenose Hyperoodon planifrons	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Southern right Eubalaena australis	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, Strap-toothed Mesoplodon layardi	Show map of records	Show description and photos
Whale, True's beaked Mesoplodon mirus	Show map of records	Show description and photos

Cephalorhynchus heavisidii \| Dolphin, Benguela	Globicephala macrorhynchus \| Whale, Short-fin pilot	Globicephala macrorhynchus \| Whale, Short-fin pilot	Eubalaena australis \| Whale, Southern right

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Atlas of marine mammals (dolphins and whales)

Latest marine mammal records

Latest marine mammals records map

Top ten marine mammal atlassers

Top ten marine mammal atlassers

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