List of Mammals of Korea - Order Cetacea: Whales

Order Cetacea: Whales


(향고래)

Common name

(Korean name)

 Species

(Authority)

 Preferred habitat Range Status
Suborder Mysticeti: Baleen whales
Family Balaenopteridae: Rorquals
Minke Whale


(밍크고래)

 Balaenoptera acutorostrata
(Lacépède, 1804)		 Widespread. Yellow Sea, East China Sea, Sea of Japan.
  • I: Near Threatened.
Blue Whale


(대왕고래)

 Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)		 Deep ocean waters.
  • I: Conservation Dependent.
Fin Whale


(긴수염고래)

 Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)		 Coastal waters. Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea.
  • I: Endangered.
Family Eschrichtiidae: Gray Whales
Gray Whale


(귀신고래)

 Eschrichtius robustus
(Lilljeborg, 1861)		 Migratory through coastal waters. Sea of Japan, Korea Strait.
  • I: Conservation Dependent.
  • SK: Natural Monument.
Suborder Odontoceti: Toothed Whales
Family Delphinidae: Oceanic dolphins
Short-Beaked Common Dolphin


(짧은부리참돌고래)

 Delphinus delphis
(Linnaeus, 1758)		 Warmer coastal waters. Throughout.
  • I: Least Concern.
  • K: Unknown.
Pacific White-Sided Dolphin


(낫돌고래)

 Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
(Gill, 1865)		 Warmer coastal waters. Sea of Japan
  • I: Least Concern.
Orca


(범고래)

 Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)		 Coastal waters. Throughout.
  • I: Conservation Dependent.
  • K: Unknown, possibly common.
Family Phocoenidae: Porpoises
Dall's Porpoise


(까치돌고래)

 Phocoenoides dalli


(True, 1885)

 Colder ocean waters. North of the 35th parallel in the Sea of Japan.
  • I: Vulnerable.
Harbor Porpoise


(쇠돌고래)

 Phocoena phocoena
(Linnaeus, 1758)		 Colder ocean waters. Sea of Japan.
  • I: Conservation Dependent.
Finless Porpoise


(상괭이)

 Neophocaena phocaenoides
(Cuvier, 1829)		 Coastal waters. Yellow Sea, Korea Strait, southern Sea of Japan.
  • I: Data Deficient.
  • K: Caught frequently.
Family Physeteridae: Sperm whales
Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)		 Deep oceans. East China Sea
  • I: Vulnerable.
Family Ziphiidae: Beaked whales
Baird's Beaked Whale


(큰부리고래)

 Berardius bairdii
(Stejneger, 1883)		 Open seas. Sea of Japan.
  • I: Conservation Dependent.

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