page_title: List of mammals of Argentina
section_title: Infraorder: Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Argentina / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Superorder: Laurasiatheria / Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) / Infraorder: Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises)
caption_attribution_description: English: Hourglass Dolphins in Drake Passage. The original version has been edited by adjusting brightness and contrast and cropping. Deutsch: Stundenglasdelfine in der Drake Passage
context_page_description: This is a list of the native mammal species recorded in Argentina. As of January 2020, the list contains 402 mammal species from Argentina, of which one is extinct, seven are critically endangered, seventeen are endangered, sixteen are vulnerable, and thirty are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; those on the left are used here, those in the second column in some other articles:
context_section_description: The infraorder Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Their closest extant relatives are the hippos, which are artiodactyls, from which cetaceans descended; cetaceans are thus also artiodactyls.
  Parvorder: Mysticeti
  Family: Balaenidae
  Genus: Eubalaena
  Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis LC
  Family: Balaenopteridae
  Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
  Genus: Balaenoptera
  Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
  Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis NT
  Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN
  Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni NE
  Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus EN
  Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus VU
  Subfamily: Megapterinae
  Genus: Megaptera
  Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
  Family: Neobalaenidae
  Genus: Caperea
  Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata LC
  Parvorder: Odontoceti
  Family: Physeteridae
  Genus: Physeter
  Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
  Family: Kogiidae
  Genus: Kogia
  Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps DD
  Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima DD
  Family: Ziphidae
  Genus: Ziphius
  Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris LC
  Genus: Berardius
  Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii DD
  Genus: Tasmacetus
  Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi DD
  Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
  Genus: Hyperoodon
  Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons LC
  Genus: Mesoplodon
  Andrews' beaked whale, Mesoplodon bowdoini DD
  Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi DD
  Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori DD
  Strap-toothed whale, Mesoplodon layardii DD
  Superfamily: Inioidea (river dolphins)
  Family: Pontoporiidae
  Genus: Pontoporia
  La Plata dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei VU
  Superfamily: Delphinoidea
  Family: Phocoenidae (porpoises)
  Genus: Phocoena
  Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica LC
  Burmeister's porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis NT
  Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
  Genus: Cephalorhynchus
  Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii LC
  Chilean dolphin, Cephalorhynchus eutropia NT
  Genus: Tursiops
  Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LC
  Genus: Stenella
  Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata LC
  Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LC
  Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris LC
  Genus: Delphinus
  Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis DD
  Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis LC
  Genus: Lagenodelphis
  Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei LC
  Genus: Lagenorhynchus
  Peale's dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis LC
  Hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger LC
  Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus LC
  Genus: Lissodelphis
  Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii LC
  Genus: Grampus
  Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus LC
  Genus: Orcinus
  Orca, Orcinus orca DD
  Genus: Pseudorca
  False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens NT
  Genus: Globicephala
  Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas LC
caption: Hourglass dolphin
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