Whales, dolphins and other mammals of the coasts of India
20 whales, dolphins and other mammals on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the coasts of India, 8 of them threatened (4 Endangered and 4 Vulnerable).
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. The sources give no endemic mark for whales, dolphins and other mammals yet. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened whales, dolphins and other mammals of the coasts of India (8)
- Balaenoptera borealis Sei Whale EN
- Balaenoptera musculus Blue Whale EN
- Orcaella brevirostris Irrawaddy Dolphin EN
- Sousa plumbea Indian Humpback Dolphin EN
- Balaenoptera physalus Fin Whale VU
- Neophocaena phocaenoides Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise VU
- Physeter macrocephalus Sperm Whale VU
- Sousa chinensis Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin VU
All whales, dolphins and other mammals of the coasts of India on the list (20)
- Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common Minke Whale
- Balaenoptera borealis Sei Whale EN
- Balaenoptera edeni Eden's Whale
- Balaenoptera musculus Blue Whale EN
- Balaenoptera physalus Fin Whale VU
- Delphinus delphis Common Dolphin
- Globicephala macrorhynchus Short-finned Pilot Whale
- Grampus griseus Risso's Dolphin
- Kogia sima Dwarf Sperm Whale
- Neophocaena phocaenoides Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise VU
- Orcaella brevirostris Irrawaddy Dolphin EN
- Orcinus orca Orca DD
- Physeter macrocephalus Sperm Whale VU
- Sousa chinensis Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin VU
- Sousa plumbea Indian Humpback Dolphin EN
- Stenella attenuata Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
- Stenella longirostris Spinner Dolphin
- Tursiops aduncus Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin NT
- Tursiops truncatus Common Bottlenose Dolphin
- Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Whales, dolphins and other mammals elsewhere
India · Andaman and Nicobar · Andhra Pradesh · Assam · Bihar · Chhattisgarh · Delhi · Goa · Gujarat · Himachal Pradesh · Karnataka · Kerala · Lakshadweep · Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra · Odisha · Puducherry · Rajasthan · Tamil Nadu · Telangana · Uttar Pradesh · West Bengal · Semi-Arid · Western Ghats · Deccan Peninsula · Gangetic Plain · North-East · Islands
Other species of the coasts of India
Birds · Large mammals · Bats · Rodents, shrews and hares · Reptiles · Amphibians · Fish · Butterflies · Moths · Dragonflies and damselflies · Beetles · Bees, wasps and ants · Flies · True bugs · Other insects · Spiders and other arachnids · Molluscs · Crabs, shrimps and kin · Orchids · Grasses and sedges · Ferns and lycophytes · Other flowering plants and conifers · Mosses and liverworts · Lichens · Fungi · Algae and diatoms · Other species