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Two species of small sperm whales occur in California's waters. Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps; Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima; Order: Cetacea Family: Physeteridae. One species of sperm whale occur in California's waters. Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus; Order: Cetacea Family: Ziphiidae. Seven species of beaked whales occur in California ...
Tulare Lake (/ t ʊ ˈ l ɛər i / ⓘ) or Tache Lake (Yokuts: Pah-áh-su, Pah-áh-sē) is a freshwater lake in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, United States. Historically, Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River . [ 2 ]
California waters are also home to eleven species of dolphins, including the short-beaked common dolphin and the Pacific white-sided dolphin. A dozen species of whales live in California, including the killer whale and the gray whale. At least 34 species of sharks have been recorded off the California coast, including great whites and tiger ...
The most recent freshwater lake was Lake Cahuilla, [3] also known as the Blake Sea [4] after American professor and geologist William Phipps Blake. [5] It covered over 2,000 square miles (5,200 km 2 ), six times the area of the Salton Sea.
A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) A leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses), sirenians (manatees and dugongs), sea otters and polar bears.
A group of tourists were treated to lengthy sightings of three blue whales on a whale-watching safari off Dana Point in California, according to Captain Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari ...
Delta and Dawn, also known as the Delta whales, are two humpback whales, a mother and her calf, who entered San Francisco Bay in early May 2007. They swam up the Sacramento River approximately 90 nautical miles (170 km) upstream from the Golden Gate , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] about 20 miles (32 km) further inland than Humphrey the Whale had gone two decades ...
A pair of orca whales were spotted sharing a meal along the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California, video uploaded on June 27 shows.Drone footage captured by Evan Brodsky shows the ...