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CETACEAN STRANDINGS REPORTED TO THE CALIFORNIA
MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK (2005)

Species

Number of Occurrences

Harbor Porpoise

              49

Long-Beaked Common Dolphin

              28

Unidentified Dolphin

              18

Unidentified Common Dolphin

              12

Short-Beaked Common Dolphin

              10
Risso's Dolphin                 8
Bottlenose Dolphin                 7

Gray Whale

                7

Unidentified Whale

                5

Humpback Whale

                4

Unidentified Cetacean

                4

Pacific White-Sided Dolphin

                4

Dall’s Porpoise

                3

Fin Whale

                3

Killer Whale

                2

Striped Dolphin

                2

Pygmy Sperm Whale

                1

Minke Whale

                1

Total

            165

 12/04/08

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