Scientific names
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English name
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Distribution
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Range
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Status IUCN
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Occurrence
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Threats
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Balaenoptera physalus
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Fin whale
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From Balearic islands to Ionian sea.. Mainly abundant in Corso-Ligurian Basin and Gulf of Lion
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Pelagic water
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DD*
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Resident
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Ship collisions, noise and vessel disturbance, pollution
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata
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Common minke whale
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Sightings mainly in the western Mediterranean Sea
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NA*
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Transient
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Balaenoptera borealis
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Sei whale
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Sightings in Spain and France
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NA*
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Transient
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Delphinus delphis
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Short-beaked common dolphin
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Mainly abundant in Alboran Sea, Gulf of Vera, and Aegean Sea. Present in the north eastern Ionian Sea, Gulf of Corinth, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta. Isolated groups in Sardinia, Corsica and Ischia
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Pelagic water - Neritic water
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EN*
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Resident
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By-catch, climate change, pollution, prey depletion
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Eubalaena glacialis
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North Atlantic right whale
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Sightings in Algeria and in Italy
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NA*
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Transient
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Hyperoodon ampullatus
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Northern bottlenose whale
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Sightings in France and in Spain
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NA*
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Transient
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Globicephala melas
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Long-finned pilot whale
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Mainly in Western Mediterranean Sea, particularly abundant in Alboran Sea and Gulf of Vedra
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Pelagic water - Neritic water
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DD*
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Resident
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By-catch; collisions with ships; ship noise and pollution
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Grampus griseus
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Risso’s dolphin
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Higher concentration in Ligurian-Corso-Provençal basin but present also in Balearic, Alboran Sea Ionian and Aegean Sea
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Pelagic water
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DD*
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Resident
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By-catch; ship noise and pollution
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Kogia sima
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Dwarf sperm whale
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Two sightings in Italy
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NA*
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Transient
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Megaptera novaeangliae
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Humpback whale
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Sighting throughout the basin, particularly in Italy, Greece and France
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NA*
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Transient
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Mesoplodon bidens
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Sowerby’s beaked whale
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Sightings in France and in Italy
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NA*
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Transient
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Mesoplodon densirostris
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Blainville’s beaked whale
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Sightings in Spain
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NA*
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Transient
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Mesoplodon europaeus
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Gervais’ beaked whale
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Sightings in Italy
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NA*
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Transient
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Monachus monachus
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Mediterranean monk seal
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Still occurring in the Aegean Sea and Turkey. Small groups in north eastern Ionian Sea, Morocco, Algeria and Croatia.
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Neritic water
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CR*
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Resident
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Habitat loss and degradation, deliberate killing, bycatch, prey depletion, pollution
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Orcinus orca
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Killer whale
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Sightings mainly in the western Mediterranean Sea
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NA*
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Transient
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Phocoena phocoena
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Harbour porpoise
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Sightings in Spain, Italy and the Aegean Sea
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NA*
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Transient
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Physeter macrocephalus
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Sperm whale
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Widely distributed in Balearic Islands, Algerian-Ligurian basin, Tyrrhenian Sea, Ionian Sea and Aegean Sea
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Pelagic water
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EN*
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Resident
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By-catch, ship collisions, noise and vessel disturbance,
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Pseudorca crassidens
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False killer whale
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Sightings throughout the basin
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NA*
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Transient
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Steno bredanensis
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Rough-toothed dolphin
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Sightings mainly in Israel and also in Italy, France and Greece
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NA*
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Transient
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Sousa chinensis
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Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin
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Sightings in Egypt and in Israel
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NA*
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Transient
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Stenella coeruleoalba
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Striped dolphin
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Widely distributed throughout the Mediterranean Sea
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Pelagic water
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VU*
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Resident
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By-catch, pollution, prey depletion
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Tursiops truncatus
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Common bottlenose dolphin
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Widely distributed throughout the Mediterranean Sea
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Pelagic water - Neritic water
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VU*
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Resident
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By-catch, prey depletion, pollution, noise and vessel disturbance
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Ziphius cavirostris
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Cuvier’s beaked whale
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Relatively abundant in eastern Ligurian Sea, southwestern Crete. Present as well in the western Ligurian Sea, Hellenic Trench, southern Adriatic Sea, Spanish waters and Algeria
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Pelagic water
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DD*
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Resident
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Navy sonar, by-catch, plastic debris
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* DD= Data Deficient, NA=Not Assessed, VU= Vulnerable, EN= Endangered, CR= Critically Endangered
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