45 CFR § 670.19 - Designation of native mammals.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s670.19"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 670.19 - Designation of native mammals."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "670.19"
section_name: "Designation of native mammals."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION"
part_number: "670"
part_name: "CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC ANIMALS AND PLANTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 2405, as amended."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 50164, Sept. 21, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "670"
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# 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.*
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<sup>1</sup> 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.*
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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*