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Table 1 Summary of reported stranding events in Nicaragua. † = Dead; Unk. = Unknown; F = Female. Population status according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) status: LC = Least Concern; EN = Endangered; DD = Data Deficient; VU = Vulnerable. Codes according to Geraci and Lounsbury (2005)

From: Cetacean strandings along the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Nicaragua from 2014 to 2021

Species

Case Number

Code

Decomposition Code

Stranding date

Location

IUCN status

Sex

Necropsy

Odontoceti

  Kogia sima

1

Alive

1

27 Apr 2017

Pacific

DD

UK

No

  Kogia sima

2

2

05 Dec 2020

Caribbean

DD

F

Yes

  Sotalia guianensis

3

2

08 Sep 2020

Caribbean

NT

UK

No

  Stenella attenuata

4

Alive

1

23 Feb 2016

Pacific

LC

UK

No

  Stenella attenuata

5

3

28 Sep 2019

Pacific

LC

F

No

  Stenella longirostris

6

2

05 Apr 2017

Pacific

LC

F

Yes

  Unidentified dolphin

7

4

20 Feb 2017

Pacific

LC

UK

No

  Unidentified dolphin

8

4

14 Feb 2021

Pacific

LC

UK

No

  Ziphius cavirostris

9

Alive

1

23 July 2020

Pacific

LC

UK

No

Mysticeti

  Balaenoptera musculus

10

Alive

1

17 Nov 2014

Pacific

EN

UK

No

  Balaenoptera edeni

11

2

23 Nov 2020

Pacific

VU

UK

No

  Megaptera novaeangliae

12

3

08 Sep 2017

Pacific

LC

UK

No

  Megaptera novaeangliae

13

3

17 July 2019

Pacific

LC

F

No