Bay of Fundy Whales, Dolphins & Porpoise


BAY OF FUNDY WHALES, DOLPHINS & PORPOISE
******** *******	Mysticetes or Baleen Whales Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) - common Finback Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) - common Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) - occasional Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) - common Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - occasional-common Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) - rare Atlantic Grey Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) - Extinct Odontocetes or Toothed Whales Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) - occasional - common Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) - common Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps) - 2 stranded specimens Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) - occasional sightings Northern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) - 1 stranded specimen Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon sp.) - possible sighting Beluga (Delphinaptera leucas) - occasional sightings Orca (killer whale) (Orcinus Orca) - rare sightings, formerly more common Long-fin Pilot Whale (Globicephala melaena) - occasional sightings White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) - formerly common, now rare Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) - 1 stranded specimen Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) - possible stranded specimens
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