page_title: List of mammals of North Korea
section_title: Order: Cetacea (whales, dolphins, porpoises)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of North Korea / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Cetacea (whales, dolphins, porpoises)
caption_attribution_description: A Sei Whale surfacing. Obtained from NOAA
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in North Korea. There are 105 mammal species in North Korea, of which none are critically endangered, seven are endangered, six are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. One of the species listed for North Korea 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 (baleen whales)
  Family: Balaenidae (right and bowhead whales)
  Genus: Balaena
  Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus (Sea of Okhotsk) EN
  Genus: Eubalaena
  North Pacific right whale, Eubalaena japonica CR
  Family: Eschrichtiidae (gray whale)
  Genus: Eschrichtius
  Western gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus CR
  Family: Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
  Subfamily: Megapterinae
  Genus: Megaptera
  Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae (Sea of Japan and Yellow/Bohai Seas) EN
  Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
  Genus: Balaenoptera
  Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata ( Sea of Japan and Yellow/Bohai Sea)EN
  Northern sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN
  Northern fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus physalus (Coastal Asia) CR
  Northern blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus musculus (Coastal Asia) CR
  Suborder: Odontoceti (toothed whales)
  Superfamily: Platanistoidea
  Family: Phocoenidae
  Genus: Neophocaena
  Sunameri, Neophocaena phocaenoides phocaenoides VU
  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 (beaked whales)
  Genus: Berardius
  Baird's beaked whale, Berardius bairdii LR/cd
  Genus: Mesoplodon
  Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
  Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
  Stejneger's beaked whale, Mesoplodon stejnegeri DD
  Genus: Ziphius
  Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris DD
  Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
  Genus: Steno
  Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis 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: Tursiops
  Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LR/lc
  Genus: Lagenorhynchus
  Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens LR/lc
  Genus: Lissodelphis
  Northern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis LR/lc
  Genus: Orcinus
  Orca, Orcinus orca (Sea of Japan and Yellow/Bohai Seas) EN
  Genus: Pseudorca
  False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens DD
  Genus: Feresa
  Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
  Genus: Globicephala
  Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhyncus DD
  Genus: Grampus
  Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus DD
caption: Sei whale
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