Even-toed ungulates and whales.2C order Cetartiodactyla List of mammals of New England

1 even-toed ungulates , whales, order cetartiodactyla

1.1 deer , moose, family cervidae
1.2 right whales, family balaenidae (coastal)
1.3 rorquals, family balaenopteridae (coastal)
1.4 sperm whales, family physeteridae (pelagic)
1.5 beaked whales, family ziphiidae (pelagic)
1.6 beluga , narwhal, family monodontidae (coastal vagrant)
1.7 dolphins, family delphinidae (coastal)
1.8 porpoises, family phocoenidae (coastal)

even-toed ungulates , whales, order cetartiodactyla
deer , moose, family cervidae

fallow deer, dama dama (introduced)

distribution: dukes county, , rhode island


american elk, cervus elaphus (extirpated)

distribution (before extirpation): southern vermont, western massachusetts,northwestern connecticut in rhode island.
subspecies (before extirpation): cervus elaphus canadensis according hall (1981) , whitaker , hamilton (1998).


white-tailed deer, odocoileus virginianus

white-tailed deer



distribution: maine, new hampshire, vermont, massachusetts, connecticut, , rhode island.
subspecies: odocoileus virginianus borealis according hall (1981). grubb (2005) recognizes o. v. borealis valid subspecies. whitaker , hamilton (1998) recognize new england odocoileus virginianus odocoileus virginianus virginianus.


moose alces americanus

moose



distribution: maine, southeastern new hampshire, vermont, northwest connecticut, northernmost massachusetts , rhode island.
subspecies: alces americanus americanus according hall (1981) , whitaker , hamilton (1998).



right whales, family balaenidae (coastal)

north atlantic right whale, eubalaena glacialis (coastal, pelagic)
bowhead whale, balaena mysticetus (coastal, pelagic) seen in winter

rorquals, family balaenopteridae (coastal)

humpback whale, megaptera novaeangliae (coastal)
minke whale, balaenoptera acutorostrata (coastal)
sei whale, balaeonoptera borealis (coastal)
fin whale, balaeonoptera physalus (coastal)
blue whale, balaeonoptera musculus (coastal)

sperm whales, family physeteridae (pelagic)

sperm whale, sphincter macrocephalus (pelagic)
pygmy sperm whale, kogia breviceps (coastal)
dwarf sperm whale, kogia sima (coastal)

beaked whales, family ziphiidae (pelagic)

northern bottlenose whale, hyperoodon ampullatus (pelagic)
cuvier s beaked whale, ziphius cavirostris (pelagic)
true s beaked whale, mesoplodon mirus (pelagic)
gervais beaked whale, mesoplodon europaeus (pelagic)
sowerby s beaked whale, mesoplodon bidens (pelagic)
blainville s beaked whale, mesoplodon densirostris (pelagic)

beluga , narwhal, family monodontidae (coastal vagrant)

beluga, delphinapterus leucus (coastal vagrant)

dolphins, family delphinidae (coastal)

common bottlenose dolphin, tursiops truncatus (coastal)
atlantic spotted dolphin, stenella frontalis (coastal vagrant)
clymene dolphin, stenella clymene (coastal vagrant)
spinner dolphin, stenella longirostris (coastal vagrant)
striped dolphin, stenella coeruleoalba (pelagic vagrant)
short-beaked common dolphin, delphinus delphis (coastal)
atlantic white-sided dolphin, lagenorhynchus acutus (coastal)
risso s dolphin, grampus griseus (pelagic)
white-beaked dolphin, lagenorhynchus albirostris (coastal)
killer whale, orcinus orca (coastal, pelagic)
long-finned pilot whale, globicephala melas (coastal)
short-finned pilot whale, globicephala macrorhynchus (coastal)

porpoises, family phocoenidae (coastal)

harbor porpoise, phocoena phocoena (coastal)