Regulations last checked for updates: May 16, 2024

Title 45 - Public Welfare last revised: May 13, 2024
§ 670.19 - Designation of native mammals.

The following are designated native mammals:

Pinnipeds: Crabeater seal—Lobodon carcinophagus. Leopard seal—Hydrurga leptonyx. Ross seal—Ommatophoca rossi. 1

1 These species of mammals have been designated as specially protected species and are subject to subpart E of this part.

Southern elephant seal—Mirounga leonina. Southern fur seals—Arctocephalus spp. 1 Weddell seal—Leptonychotes weddelli. Large Cetaceans (Whales): Blue whale—Balaenoptera musculus. Fin whale—Balaenoptera physalus. Humpback whale—Megaptera novaeangliae. Minke whale—Balaenoptera acutrostrata. Pygmy blue whale—Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda Sei whale—Balaenoptera borealis Southern right whale—Balaena glacialis australis Sperm whale—Physeter macrocephalus Small Cetaceans (Dolphins and porpoises): Arnoux's beaked whale—Berardius arnuxii. Commerson's dolphin—Cephalorhynchus commersonii Dusky dolphin—Lagenorhynchus obscurus Hourglass dolphin—Lagenorhynchus cruciger Killer whale—Orcinus orca Long-finned pilot whale—Globicephala melaena Southern bottlenose whale—Hyperoodon planifrons. Southern right whale dolphin—Lissodelphis peronii Spectacled porpoise—Phocoena dioptrica
authority: 16 U.S.C. 2405,as
source: 63 FR 50164, Sept. 21, 1998, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 45 CFR 670.19