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CETACEAN STRANDINGS REPORTED TO THE CALIFORNIA
MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK (2003)

Species

No. of Occurrences

Long-beaked Common Dolphin

       62

Unidentified Common Dolphin

       56

Harbor Porpoise

       19

Unidentified Dolphin

       17

Short-beaked Common Dolphin

       10

Bottlenose Dolphin

         9

Gray Whale

         8

Unidentified Cetacean

         6

Risso’s Dolphin

         5

Northern Right Whale Dolphin

         4

Dall’s Porpoise

         4

Humpback Whale

         2

Fin Whale

         2

Sperm Whale

         2

Pygmy Sperm Whale

         1

Unidentified Kogia

         1

Pacific White-sided Dolphin

         1

Baird’s Beaked Whale

         1

Blue Whale

         1

Unidentified Whale

         1

Total

     212

02/16/06


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