marine mammal seasonality table

SPECIES MONTH
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Cape Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus
Sub-antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus tropicalis
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Southern Right Whale Balaena glacialis
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Killer Whale Orcinus orca
False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens
Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melaena
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus
Dusky Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Bottle-nosed Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
Abundance codes Number of species
7 4 5 8 5 7 9 13 11 11 8 7
Almost Definite (more than a 90% chance) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Probable (from 50 - 90% chance) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Possible (from 20 - 50% chance) 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2
Unlikely / Vagrant (less than a 20% chance) 5 1 4 4 3 5 7 10 6 6 4 4


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