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Saifullah A. Jaaman 1,2
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Department
of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen,
Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, United Kingdom.
E-mail: s.jaaman@abdn.ac.uk.
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Marine
Mammals and Whale Shark Research and Conservation Programme,
Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah,
Locked Bag 2073, 88999 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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SPECIES
KNOWN TO OCCUR IN MALAYSIA AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION
Although
Payne et al. (1985)
described some whale, dolphin, and dugong species found in the South
China Sea and on the western coast of Borneo, they did not give
details of any sighting or stranding reported. In general, "paus"
and "lumba-lumba" are the words used in Bahasa Malaysia,
they mean whale and dolphin. Examination of the further published and
unpublished literature indicates that 2 species of Mysticeti, 19
Odontoceti, and one sirenian have been confirmed either to reside in
or transit Malaysian territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
waters (Table 1).
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1:
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Checklist
of all confirmed marine mammal species
found in Malaysia (Ma), Brunei
(Br),
Singapore (Si), Thailand (Th), Myanmar (My), Cambodia (Ca),
Vietnam (Vi), Indonesia (In) and the Philippines (Ph). [Source: Perrin
et al., In press]
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NO
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SPECIES / COUNTRY
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Br
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Si
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Th
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My
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Ca
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Vi
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In
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Ph
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1.
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Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale)
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x
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x
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x
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2.
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke Whale)
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3.
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Balaenoptera edeni (Bryde's
Whale)'s
Whale)
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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4.
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Balaenoptera borealis (Sei Whale)
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x
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5.
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Balaenoptera physalus (Fin Whale)
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x
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x
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x
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6.
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Balaenoptera musculus (Blue Whale)
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x
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7.
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Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm Whale)
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x
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x
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x
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8.
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Kogia breviceps
(Pygmy
Sperm
Whale)
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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9.
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Kogia sima (Dwarf Sperm
Whale)
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x
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x
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x
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x
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10.
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Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's
Beaked Whale)'s
Beaked Whale)
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x
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x
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x
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11.
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Mesoplodon ginkgodens (Ginko-Toothed Beaked Whale)
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x
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12.
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Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville's
Beaked Whale)'s
Beaked Whale)
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x
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13.
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Steno bredanensis (Rough-Toothed Dolphin)
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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14.
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Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin)
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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15.
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Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin)
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x
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x
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x
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16.
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Tursiops aduncus
(Indo-Pacific Bottlenose
Dolphin)
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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17.
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Stenella attenuata (Pantropical Spotted Dolphin)
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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18.
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Stenella longirostris ( Spinner Dolphin)
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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19.
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Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped Dolphin)
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x
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x
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x
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x
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20.
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Delphinus sp.
(Common Dolphin)
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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x
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21.
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Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser's
Dolphin)'s
Dolphin)
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x
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