Whales, dolphins and other mammals of Tamil Nadu
13 whales, dolphins and other mammals on the India list have an open record placed in Tamil Nadu, 6 of them threatened (3 Endangered and 3 Vulnerable).
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). 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 Tamil Nadu (6)
- Balaenoptera borealis Sei Whale EN
- Balaenoptera musculus Blue Whale EN
- Sousa plumbea Indian Humpback Dolphin EN
- 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 Tamil Nadu on the list (13)
- Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common Minke Whale
- Balaenoptera borealis Sei Whale EN
- Balaenoptera musculus Blue Whale EN
- 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
- Physeter macrocephalus Sperm Whale VU
- Pseudorca crassidens False Killer Whale NT
- Sousa chinensis Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin VU
- Sousa plumbea Indian Humpback Dolphin EN
- Stenella longirostris Spinner Dolphin
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 · Telangana · Uttar Pradesh · West Bengal · Semi-Arid · Western Ghats · Deccan Peninsula · Gangetic Plain · Coasts · North-East · Islands
Other species of Tamil Nadu
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