Cetáceos de Perú

    Especies de Cetáceos registradas en el Perú

    SUBORDEN MYSTICETI

     

    Familia Balaenidae

    Eubalaena australis Desmoulins, 1822                                                Ballena franca del sur

     

    Familia Balaenopteridae

    Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867                                       Ballena minke antártica

    Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828                                                     Ballena sei

    Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878                                                      Ballena Bryde

    Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus, 1758                                               Ballena azul

    Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus, 1758                                                Ballena de aleta

    Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowsky, 1781)                                          Ballena jorobada

     

    SUBORDEN ODONTOCETI

     

    Familia Physeteridae

    Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758                                              Cachalote

     

    Familia Kogiidae

     

    Kogia breviceps (de Blainville,1838)                                                        Cachalote pigmeo

    Kogia sima  Owen, 1866                                                                             Cachalote enano

     

    Familia Ziphiidae

     

    Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823                                                                 Zifio de Cuvier

    Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876                                                           Zifio de Gray

    Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead y Van Waerebeek, 1991          Zifio peruano, zifio menor.

     

    Familia Delphinidae

     

    Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758                                                             Delfín común de hocico corto

    Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828                                                                  Delfín común de hocico largo

    Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)                                                           Bufeo común

    Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)                                                                   Delfín manchado pantropical

    Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)                                                                Delfín tornillo

    Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)                                                        Delfín listado

    Steno bredanensis (Leson, 1828)                                                              Delfín de dientes rugosos

    Sotalia fluviatilis  (Gervais y Deville, 1853)                                                Tucuxi.

    Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828)                                                    Delfín oscuro

    Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804)                                                      Delfín liso austral

    Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812)                                                                  Delfín gris

    Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)                                                          Delfín cabeza de melón

    Feresa attenuata Gray, 1875                                                                         Orca pigmea

    Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846)                                                          Orca falsa

    Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)                                                                     Orca

    Globicephala melas (Trail, 1809)                                                                 Delfín piloto de aleta larga              

    Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846                                                  Delfín piloto de aleta corta

     

    Familia Phocoenidae

     

    Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister, 1865                                                     Marsopa espinosa

     

    Familia Iniidae

     

    Inia geoffrensis  (de Blainville, 1817)                                                            Delfín rosado del Amazonas