page_title: List of mammals of Northern Cyprus
section_title: Order: Cetacea (whales)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Northern Cyprus / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Cetacea (whales)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Blau-Weißer Delfin Français&#160;: Dauphin bleu et blanc (Stenella coeruleoalba) Magyar: Csíkos delfin
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Northern Cyprus. There are seventeen mammal species in Northern Cyprus, of which one is critically endangered, three are vulnerable, and one is near threatened.
  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.
  Species listed below also includes species being recorded in Levantine Sea except for gray whale.
  Suborder: Mysticeti
  Family: Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
  Genus: Balaenoptera
  Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus EN
  Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC 
  Subfamily: Megapterinae
  Genus: Megaptera
  Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
  Suborder: Odontoceti
  Family: Physeteridae
  Genus: Physeter
  Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
  Family: Ziphidae
  Genus: Ziphius
  Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris LC
  Genus: Mesoplodon
  Gervais' beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris DD
  Superfamily: Platanistoidea
  Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
  Genus: Tursiops
  Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LC
  Genus: Steno
  Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis DD (once being considered as vagrants, but later confirmed as residential)
  Genus: Stenella
  Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba DD
  Genus: Sousa
  Sousa chinensis DD
  Genus: Delphinus
  Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis LC
  Genus: Grampus
  Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus LC
  Genus: Orcinus
  Orca, Orcinus orca DD
  Genus: Pseudorca
  False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens DD
  Genus: Globicephala
  Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas DD
caption: Striped dolphin
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