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This is a list of Australian marine mammals.

Balenidae

Eubalaena australis, Southern Right Whale

Balenopteridae

Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Minke Whale

Balaenoptera bonaerensis, Southern Minke Whale

Balaenoptera borealis, Sei Whale

Balaenoptera edeni, Pygmy Bryde's Whale

Balaenoptera musculus, Blue Whale

Balaenoptera physalus, Fin Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae, Humpback Whale

Neobalaenidae

Caperea marginata, Pygmy Right Whale

Delphinidae

Delphinus delphis, Short-beaked Common Dolphin

Feresa attenuata, Pygmy Killer Whale

Globicephala macrorhynchus, Short-finned Pilot Whale

Globicephala melas, Long-finned Pilot Whale

Grampus griseus, Risso's Dolphin

Lagenodelphis hosei, Fraser's Dolphin

Lagenorhynchus cruciger, Hourglass Dolphin

Lagenorhynchus obscurus, Dusky Dolphin

Lissodelphis peronii, Southern Rightwhale Dolphin

Orcaella brevirostris, Irrawaddy Dolphin

Orcaella heinsohni, Australian Snubfin Dolphin

Orcinus orca, Orca (Killer Whale)

Peponocephala electra, Melon-headed Whale

Pseudorca crassidens, False Killer Whale

Sousa chinensis, Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin

Stenella attenuata, Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba, Striped Dolphin

Stenella longirostris, Spinner Dolphin

Steno bredanensis, Rough-toothed Dolphin

Tursiops aduncus, Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus, Bottlenose Dolphin

Kogiidae

Kogia breviceps, Pygmy Sperm Whale

Kogia simus, Dwarf Sperm Whale

Phocoenidae

Phocoena dioptrica, Spectacled Porpoise

Physeteridae

Physeter macrocephalus, Sperm Whale

Ziphiidae

Berardius arnuxii, Arnoux's Beaked Whale

Hyperoodon planifrons, Southern Bottlenose Whale

Indopacetus pacificus, Longman's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon bowdoini, Andrew's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon densirostris, Blainville's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon ginkgodens, Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon grayi, Gray's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon hectori, Hector's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon layardii, Strap-toothed Whale

Mesoplodon mirus, True's Beaked Whale

Tasmacetus shepherdi, Shepherd's Beaked Whale

Ziphius cavirostris, Cuvier's Beaked Whale

Dugongidae

Dugong dugon, Dugong

Pinnipedia

Otariidae

Arctocephalus forsteri, New Zealand Fur Seal

Arctocephalus gazella, Antarctic Fur Seal

Arctocephalus pusillus, Australian Fur Seal

Arctocephalus tropicalis, Subantarctic Fur Seal

Neophoca cinerea, Australian Sea Lion

Phocarctos hookeri, New Zealand Sea Lion

Phocidae

Hydrurga leptonyx, Leopard Seal

Leptonychotes weddelli, Weddell Seal

Lobodon carcinophagus, Crabeater Seal

Mirounga leonina, Southern Elephant Seal

Ommatophoca rossi, Ross Seal