Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
Title 45 - Public Welfare |
Subtitle B - Regulations Relating to Public Welfare |
Chapter VI - National Science Foundation |
Part 670 - Conservation of Antarctic Animals and Plants |
Subpart D - Native Mammals, Birds, Plants, and Invertebrates |
§ 670.19 - Designation of native mammals.
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§ 670.19 Designation of native mammals.
The following are designated native mammals:
Pinnipeds:
Crabeater seal - seal—Lobodon carcinophagus.
Leopard seal - seal—Hydrurga leptonyx.
Ross seal - seal—Ommatophoca rossi.[1]
Southern elephant seal - seal—Mirounga leonina.
Southern fur seals - seals—Arctocephalus spp.1
Weddell seal - Leptonychotes seal—Leptonychotes weddelli.
Large Cetaceans (Whales):
Blue whale - whale—Balaenoptera musculus.
Fin whale - whale—Balaenoptera physalus.
Humpback whale - whale—Megaptera novaeangliae.
Minke whale - whale—Balaenoptera acutrostrata.
Pygmy blue whale - whale—Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda
Sei whale - whale—Balaenoptera borealis
Southern right whale - whale—Balaena glacialis australis
Sperm whale - whale—Physeter macrocephalus
Small Cetaceans (Dolphins and porpoises):
Arnoux's beaked whale - whale—Berardius arnuxii.
Commerson's dolphin - dolphin—Cephalorhynchus commersonii
Dusky dolphin - dolphin—Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Hourglass dolphin - dolphin—Lagenorhynchus cruciger
Killer whale - whale—Orcinus orca
Long-finned pilot whale - whale—Globicephala melaena
Southern bottlenose whale - whale—Hyperoodon planifrons.
Southern right whale dolphin - dolphin—Lissodelphis peronii
Spectacled porpoise - porpoise—Phocoena dioptrica
[1] These species of mammals have been designated as specially protected species and are subject to subpart E of this part.