page_title: List of mammals of Russia
section_title: Order: Cetacea (whales)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Russia / Order: Cetacea (whales)
caption_attribution_description: English: A common dolphin. Photo by NOAA. Source: [1] en:Category:Cetacea images Source: [2] Dolpins are not endangered.Their brain is bigger than the monkey.
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Russia. There are 266 mammal species in Russia, of which five are critically endangered, thirteen are endangered, twenty-six are vulnerable, and six are near threatened. One of the species listed for Russia is extinct and one can no longer be found in the wild. All the mammals of Russia are in the subclass Theria and infraclass Eutheria, being all placental.
  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
  Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LR/nt
  Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN
  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: 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: Monodontidae
  Genus: Monodon
  Narwhal, Monodon monoceros DD
  Genus: Delphinapterus
  Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas VU
  Family: Phocoenidae
  Genus: Phocoena
  Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena VU
  Genus: Phocoenoides
  Dall's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli LR/cd
  Family: Ziphidae
  Genus: Ziphius
  Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris DD
  Genus: Berardius
  Giant beaked whale, Berardius bairdii LR/cd
  Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
  Genus: Hyperoodon
  Bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus LR/cd
  Genus: Mesoplodon
  Stejneger's beaked whale, Mesoplodon stejnegeri DD
  Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
  Genus: Tursiops
  Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus DD
  Genus: Stenella
  Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LR/cd
  Genus: Delphinus
  Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis LR/lc
  Genus: Lagenorhynchus
  Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus LR/lc
  White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris LR/lc
  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: Pseudorca
  False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens LR/lc
  Genus: Orcinus
  Killer whale, Orcinus orca LR/cd
caption: Common dolphin
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