CETACEA Brisson, 1762

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 113

ORDER CETACEA Brisson, 1762

Eight families, 26 genera and 37 species of cetaceans that occur in Korea are classified in two Suborders, Mysticeti and Odontoceti , occur in Korea.

We followed the List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies ( Committee on Taxonomy 2014) for the common and scientific names of Korean cetaceans.

Except for species listed in Appendix I (see below), all species of the order Cetacea are in CITES Appendix II.