Common Name |
Species Name |
Status/Comments |
Baiji |
Lipotes vexillifer |
Extinct: Last known living individual died 2002, although a Chinese man taped a large white dolphin in 2007.1 |
Maui Dolphin |
Cephalorhynchus hectori maui |
Almost Extinct: 55 individuals known as of March 20122 |
Vaquita |
Phocoena sinus |
Critically Endangered: Fewer than 200 mature individuals estimated as of 20073 |
Pygmy Right Whale |
Caperea marginata |
Discovered alive Dec. 2012: thought to be extinct 2 million years ago.4 |
North Atlantic Right Whale |
Eubalaena glacialis |
Endangered: Northwest Atlantic – 300-350 individuals; Northeast Atlantic population – not sure if any.5 |