Marine mammal records of Cuba
Citation
Whitt, A. 2015. Marine mammal records of Cuba. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1190) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/5xe5wm accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-26.Description
Original provider: Amy Whitt Dataset credits: Amy Whitt Abstract: There has been very little research on marine mammals in Cuban waters. Much of the information on marine mammals in this region is buried in historical and gray literature. In order to provide a comprehensive account of marine mammal occurrence in Cuba’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), we reviewed and verified 659 published and unpublished sighting, stranding, capture, and tagging records. Eighteen extant species and four genera have confirmed records for Cuban EEZ waters. This includes 17 species of cetaceans (three baleen whales and 14 toothed whales) and one sirenian species. An additional 11 cetacean species and one extant pinniped species have been reported, but not confirmed, or may have the potential to occur in Cuban waters. Historical records of the Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis) are documented in Cuba; however, this species is now considered extinct. The only two species that are seen regularly and considered common in Cuban nearshore waters are the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). Supplemental information: [2018-04-16] Irregular date of 2069-11-09 was corrected to 1969-11-09. The temporal precision varies among records and most of the records do not have times (except those from satellite tag detections). Some of the lat/long had to be estimated because exact locations were not available. For each record, there is a note describing the locations that are exact. As for the estimated lat/long, we estimated some of these just by finding the lat/long of the general location that was mentioned with the record. For some others, we georeferenced the coordinates from old figures of sightings/strandings since the raw data were not available.Purpose
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Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Stenella frontaliscommon name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
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Balaenopteracommon name: baleen whales rank: genus
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Mesoplodon densirostriscommon name: Blainville's Beaked Whale rank: species
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Tursiops truncatuscommon name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
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Balaenoptera brydeicommon name: Bryde's whale rank: species
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Monachus tropicaliscommon name: Caribbean Monk Seal rank: species
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Balaenoptera acutorostratacommon name: Minke Whale rank: species
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Ziphius cavirostriscommon name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
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Kogia simacommon name: Dwarf Sperm Whale rank: species
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Pseudorca crassidenscommon name: False Killer Whale rank: species
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Balaenoptera physaluscommon name: Fin Whale rank: species
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Mesoplodon europaeuscommon name: Gervais' Beaked Whale rank: species
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Globicephalacommon name: pilot whales rank: genus
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Megaptera novaeangliaecommon name: Humpback Whale rank: species
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Orcinus orcacommon name: Killer Whale rank: species
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Kogiacommon name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
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Stenella attenuatacommon name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
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Kogia brevicepscommon name: Pygmy Sperm Whale rank: species
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Grampus griseuscommon name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
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Steno bredanensiscommon name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
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Globicephala macrorhynchuscommon name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
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Physeter macrocephaluscommon name: Sperm Whale rank: species
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Stenella longirostriscommon name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
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Stenella longirostriscommon name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
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Stenella longirostriscommon name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
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Stenella longirostriscommon name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
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Stenellacommon name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
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Delphinidaecommon name: dolphins rank: family
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Mesoplodoncommon name: beaked whales rank: genus
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Cetaceacommon name: cetaceans rank: order
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Delphinidaecommon name: dolphins rank: family
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Cetaceacommon name: cetaceans rank: order
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Cetaceacommon name: cetaceans rank: order
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Caniformiacommon name: pinnipeds rank: suborder
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Balaenopteracommon name: baleen whales rank: genus
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Cetaceacommon name: cetaceans rank: order
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Trichechus manatuscommon name: West Indian Manatee rank: species
Geographic Coverages
Caribbean,Cuba
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Amy Whittoriginator
position: Primary contact
Azura Consulting LLC
email: amy@azuraco.com
homepage: http://www.azuraco.com
OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu
OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu
Amy Whitt
owner
position: Primary contact
Azura Consulting LLC
email: amy@azuraco.com
homepage: http://www.azuraco.com
Amy Whitt
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Azura Consulting LLC
email: amy@azuraco.com
homepage: http://www.azuraco.com