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LIFE
SPECIES LENGTH WEIGHT POPULATION
EXPECTANCY

Striped dolphin between 19,600 individuals in
(Stenella coeruleoalba) 2.2 m 120 kg 40 years winter and 39,000 in summer

Common dolphin 1,000 individuals
(Delphinus delphis) 2.3 m 130 kg 30 years

Common bottlenose
dolphin 3.5 m 300 kg 50 years infrequent observations
of individuals
(Tursiops truncatus)

Risso’s dolphin 130 individuals in the western
(Grampus griseus) 4 m 400 kg 50 years zone of the Sanctuary

Black pilot whale currently being estimated
(Globicephala melas) 6 m 2 tons > 60 years

Cuvier’s beaked whale around 100 individuals
(Ziphius cavirostris) 6 m 2 to 3 tons 60 years in the Ligurian Sea

Sperm whale currently being estimated
(Physeter macrocephalus) 18 m 40 tons 80 years

Fin whale between 150 and 1,600
individuals, depending on
(Balaenoptera physalus) 22 m 70 tons 80 years the year