Designation of native mammals.

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§ 670.19 Designation of native mammals.

The following are designated native mammals:

Pinnipeds:

Crabeater seal - Lobodon carcinophagus.

Leopard seal - Hydrurga leptonyx.

Ross seal - Ommatophoca rossi.[1]

Southern elephant seal - Mirounga leonina.

Southern fur seals - Arctocephalus spp.1

Weddell seal - Leptonychotes weddelli.

Large Cetaceans (Whales):

Blue whale - Balaenoptera musculus.

Fin whale - Balaenoptera physalus.

Humpback whale - Megaptera novaeangliae.

Minke whale - Balaenoptera acutrostrata.

Pygmy blue whale - Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda

Sei whale - Balaenoptera borealis

Southern right whale - Balaena glacialis australis

Sperm whale - Physeter macrocephalus

Small Cetaceans (Dolphins and porpoises):

Arnoux's beaked whale - Berardius arnuxii.

Commerson's dolphin - Cephalorhynchus commersonii

Dusky dolphin - Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Hourglass dolphin - Lagenorhynchus cruciger

Killer whale - Orcinus orca

Long-finned pilot whale - Globicephala melaena

Southern bottlenose whale - Hyperoodon planifrons.

Southern right whale dolphin - Lissodelphis peronii

Spectacled porpoise - Phocoena dioptrica

[1] These species of mammals have been designated as specially protected species and are subject to subpart E of this part.


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