Looking for manatee mortality information?  Go to the Florida Wildlife Research Institute's web site.

For some information on the species, navigate to Mammals Species of the World and search on common or scientific names.

For photographs of some of the species, navigate to the American Society of Mammalogists' Mammal Slide Library

The Baleen Whales
        Family Balaenidae - the right whales
                Northern Right Whale - Eubalaena glacialis (E = endangered)

        Family Balaenopteridae - the rorquals or fin whales
                Bryde's Whale - Balaenoptera edeni
                Fin Whale - Balaenoptera physalus (E)
                Humpback Whale - Megaptera novaeangliae (E)
                Minke Whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata
                Sei Whale - Balaenoptera borealis

The Toothed Whales
        Family Delphinidae - the dolphins
                Atlantic Spotted Dolphin - Stenella frontalis
                Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops truncatus
                Clymene Dolphin - Stenella clymene
                False Killer Whale - Pseudorca crassidens
                Fraser's Dolphin - Lagenodelphis hosei
                Killer Whale - Orcinus orca
                Melon-headed Whale - Peponocephala electra
                Pan-tropical Spotted Dolphin - Stenella attenuata
                Pygmy Killer Whale - Feresa attenuata
                Rough-toothed Dolphin - Steno bredanensis
                Risso's Dolphin - Grampus griseus
                Short-finned Pilot Whale - Globicephala macrorhynchus
                Spinner Dolphin - Stenella longirostris
 
        Family Phocoenidae - the porpoises
                Harbor Porpoise - Phocoena phocoena

        Family Physeteridae - the sperm whales
                Dwarf Sperm Whale - Kogia sima
                Pygmy Sperm Whale - Kogia breviceps
                Sperm Whale - Physeter catodon (E)

        Family Ziphiidae - the beaked whales
                Cuvier's Beaked Whale - Ziphius cavirostris
                Dense-Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon densirostris
                Gulf Stream Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon europaeus
                True's Beaked Whale - Mesoplodon mirus

The Pinnipeds - Seals (yes, we occassionally see seals in Florida!)
        Family Phocidae - true seals
                Harbor Seal - Phoca vitulina
                Hooded Seal - Cystophora cristata