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Title 45
» CHAPTER VI—NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION › PART 670—CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC ANIMALS AND PLANTS › Subpart D—Native Mammals, Birds, Plants, and Invertebrates
The following are designated native mammals:
Pinnipeds:
Crabeater seal—Lobodon carcinophagus.Leopard seal—Hydrurga leptonyx.Ross seal—Ommatophoca rossi.11 These species of mammals have been designated as specially protected species and are subject to subpart E of this part.
Southern elephant seal—Mirounga leonina.Southern fur seals—Arctocephalus spp.1Weddell seal—Leptonychotes weddelli.
Large Cetaceans (Whales):
Blue whale—Balaenoptera musculus.Fin whale—Balaenoptera physalus.Humpback whale—Megaptera novaeangliae.Minke whale—Balaenoptera acutrostrata.Pygmy blue whale—Balaenoptera musculus brevicaudaSei whale—Balaenoptera borealisSouthern right whale—Balaena glacialis australisSperm whale—Physeter macrocephalusSmall Cetaceans (Dolphins and porpoises):
Arnoux's beaked whale—Berardius arnuxii.Commerson's dolphin—Cephalorhynchus commersoniiDusky dolphin—Lagenorhynchus obscurusHourglass dolphin—Lagenorhynchus crucigerKiller whale—Orcinus orcaLong-finned pilot whale—Globicephala melaenaSouthern bottlenose whale—Hyperoodon planifrons.Southern right whale dolphin—Lissodelphis peroniiSpectacled porpoise—Phocoena dioptrica