page_title: List of mammals of the Falkland Islands
section_title: Order: Cetacea (whales)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of the Falkland Islands / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Cetacea (whales)
caption_attribution_description: These cute dolphins escorted our Zodiacs to shore at Saunders Island in the Falkland Islands.
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Falkland Islands. There are 28 mammal species in and around the Falkland Islands, of which two are endangered and two are vulnerable. The Falkland Island wolf is the only species on the islands which has gone extinct.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
  Suborder: Mysticeti
  Family: Balaenidae
  Genus: Eubalaena
  Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis LR/cd
  Family: Balaenopteridae
  Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
  Genus: Balaenoptera
  Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN
  Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus EN
  Subfamily: Megapterinae
  Genus: Megaptera
  Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae VU
  Family: Neobalaenidae
  Genus: Caperea
  Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata LR/lc
  Suborder: Odontoceti
  Superfamily: Platanistoidea
  Family: Phocoenidae
  Genus: Phocoena
  Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica DD
  Family: Physeteridae
  Genus: Physeter
  Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
  Family: Ziphidae
  Genus: Ziphius
  Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris DD
  Genus: Berardius
  Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii DD
  Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
  Genus: Hyperoodon
  Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons LC
  Genus: Mesoplodon
  Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi DD
  Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori DD
  Layard's beaked whale, Mesoplodon layardii DD
  Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
  Genus: Cephalorhynchus
  Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii DD
  Genus: Lagenorhynchus
  Peale's dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis DD
  Hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger LR/lc
  Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus DD
  Genus: Lissodelphis
  Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii DD
  Genus: Orcinus
  Orca, Orcinus orca LR/cd
  Genus: Globicephala
  Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas DD
caption: Commerson's dolphins at Saunders Island
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