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Table 1 Marine mammal species naturally occurring in Guatemala (Sirenia: Quintana-Rizzo and Reynolds 2010; cetacea: Quintana-Rizzo and Gerrodette 2009)

From: First record of a Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) in Guatemala

Orden

Family

Species

Sirenia:

Trichechidae

Trichechus manatus

Cetacea:

Balaenopteridae

Balaenoptera edeni

Balaenoptera musculus

Megaptera novaeangliae

Delphinidae

Delphinus delphis

Feresa attenuata

Globicephala macrorhynchus

Grampus griseus

Orcinus orca

Pseudorca crassidens

Stenella attenuata

Stenella longirostris

Steno bredanensis

Tursiops truncatus

Kogiidae

Kogia sima

Physteridae

Physeter macrocephalus

Ziphidae

Mesoplodon peruvianus

Ziphius cavirostris