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CETACEAN STRANDINGS REPORTED TO THE CALIFORNIA
MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK (1996)
Species                           No. Occurrences  
Common Dolphin                           30        
Harbor Porpoise                          18        
Gray Whale                               13        
Unidentified Dolphin                      8        
Bottlenose Dolphin                        3        
Dall's Porpoise                           2        
Pygmy Sperm Whale                         2        
Unidentified Cetacean                     2        
Pacific White-sided Dolphin               1        
Risso's Dolphin                           1        
Killer Whale                              1        
Cuvier's Beaked Whale                     1        
Unidentified Beaked Whale                 1        
Blue Whale                                1        
Minke Whale                               1        
Fin Whale                                 1        
Humpback Whale                            1        
Unidentified Balaenopterid                1        
Unidentified Whale                        1        
Total                                    89        

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