page_title: List of mammals of Japan
section_title: Order: Cetacea (whales)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Japan / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Cetacea (whales)
caption_attribution_description: Jumping Orca
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Japan. There are 153 mammal species in Japan, of which three are critically endangered, twenty-two are endangered, thirteen are vulnerable, and two are near threatened. One of the species listed for Japan is considered to be extinct.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: The order 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.
  Suborder: Mysticeti
  Family: Balaenidae
  Genus: Balaena
  Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus LR/cd
  Genus: Eubalaena
  North Pacific right whale, Eubalaena japonica EN
  Family: Balaenopteridae
  Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
  Genus: Balaenoptera
  Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LR/nt
  Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN
  Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni DD
  Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omurai DD
  Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus EN
  Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus EN
  Subfamily: Megapterinae
  Genus: Megaptera
  Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae VU
  Family: Eschrichtiidae
  Genus: Eschrichtius
  Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus LR/cd
  Suborder: Odontoceti
  Superfamily: Platanistoidea
  Family: Monodontidae
  Genus: Delphinapterus
  Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas VU
  Family: Phocoenidae
  Genus: Neophocaena
  Finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides DD
  Genus: Phocoena
  Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena VU
  Genus: Phocoenoides
  Dall's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli LR/cd
  Family: Physeteridae
  Genus: Physeter
  Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
  Family: Kogiidae
  Genus: Kogia
  Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps LR/lc
  Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima LR/lc
  Family: Ziphidae
  Genus: Ziphius
  Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris DD
  Genus: Berardius
  Baird's beaked whale, Berardius bairdii LR/cd
  Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
  Genus: Indopacetus
  Tropical bottlenose whale, Indopacetus pacificus DD
  Genus: Mesoplodon
  Hubbs' beaked whale, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi DD
  Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
  Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
  Stejneger's beaked whale, Mesoplodon stejnegeri DD
  Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
  Genus: Steno
  Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis DD
  Genus: Tursiops
  Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus DD
  Genus: Stenella
  Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata LR/cd
  Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LR/cd
  Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris LR/cd
  Genus: Delphinus
  Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis LR/lc
  Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis LR/lc
  Genus: Lagenodelphis
  Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei DD
  Genus: Lagenorhynchus
  Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens LR/lc
  Genus: Lissodelphis
  Northern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis LR/lc
  Genus: Grampus
  Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus DD
  Genus: Peponocephala
  Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra LR/lc
  Genus: Feresa
  Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
  Genus: Pseudorca
  False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens LR/lc
  Genus: Orcinus
  Orca, Orcinus orca LR/cd
  Genus: Globicephala
  Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus LR/cd
caption: Killer whale
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