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CETACEAN STRANDINGS REPORTED TO THE CALIFORNIA
MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK (2002)

Species

Number of Occurrences

Long-Beaked Common Dolphin

             45

Unidentified Common Dolphin

             41

Unidentified Dolphin

             29

Harbor Porpoise

             20

Bottlenose Dolphin

             12

Short-Beaked Common Dolphin

               8

Gray Whale

               7

Risso’s Dolphin

               4

Dall’s Porpoise

               3

Cuvier’s Beaked Whale

               3

Pygmy Sperm Whale

               3

Blue Whale

               3

Unidentified Cetacean

               3

Unidentified Balaenopterid

               2

Unidentified Whale

               2

Pacific White-Sided Dolphin

               1

Northern Right Whale Dolphin

               1

Humpback Whale

               1

Minke Whale

               1

Total

           189

02/02/06


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