Mammals (Floreana and Espanola)

 Guide for chart:
 Common Name                                         Scientific Name                                                     Habitat Preference:                                                                                Islands  
                                                                                                                                                     Open Sea (O), Rocky Islets (RI), Shore Zone (S),      
                                                                                                                                                    Arid Zone(A), Transition Zone (T),                                                         Floreana (F)
                                                                                                                                                     Humid Zone (H)                                                                                     Espanola (E)

Common Name (Sea Lions)
 Scientific Name
 Habitat Preference
 Islands
Fur Sea, Galapagos
 Arctocephalus galapagoensis
 O, R, S
 E, F
Sea Lion, Galapagos
 Zalophus californianus  ssp. wollebacki
 O, R, S, A
 E, F



Common Name (Introduced Rodents)
 Scientific Name
 Habitat Preference
 Islands
Mouse, House
 Rattus rattus
 S, A, T, H
 E, F
Rat, Black (or Ship)
 Mus musculus
 S, A, T, H
 E, F



Common Name (Whales)
 Scientific Name
 Habitat Preference
 Island
Whale, Blainville's Beaked
 Mesoplodon densirostris
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)
Whale, Bryde's
 Balaenoptera borealis
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)
Whale, Cuvier's Beaked
 Ziphius cavirostris
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)
Whale, False Killer
 Pseudorca crassidens
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)
Whale, Humpback
 Megaptera novaeangliae
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)
Whale, Killer
 Orcinus orca
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)
Whale, Short-finned Pilot
 Globicephala macrorhyncus
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)
Whale, Sperm
 Physeter macrocephalus
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)



Common Name (Dolphins)
 Scientific Name
 Habitat preference
 Islands
Dolphin, Bottle-nosed
 Tursiops truncatus
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)
Dolphin, Common
 Delphinus delphis
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)
Dolphin, Long-snouted Spinner
 Stenella longirostris
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)
Dolphin, Pantropical Spotted
 Stenella attenuata
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)
Dolphin, Risso's
 Grampus griseus
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)
Dolphin, Striped
 Stenella coeruleoalba
 O
 (migrants in surrounding waters)


Source:
Swash, Andy and Rob Still.  Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands; An Identification Guide. Pica Press. East Sussex. 2000.

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