Table 1 Number of stranding events reported for marine mammals between 1748–2017 in India from the east coast, the west coast and Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar archipelagos.

Baleen Whales (BW)

Balaenoptera acutorostrata*

1 (1)

1 (1)

Balaenoptera borealis*

11 (11)

1 (1)

3 (3)

Balaenoptera edeni

6 (6)

1 (1)

18 (21)

2 (2)

Balaenoptera musculus

7 (7)

1 (1)

22 (23)

6 (6)

1 (1)

Balaenoptera physalus*

3 (3)

1 (1)

8 (8)

1 (1)

Balaenoptera sp.

21 (27)

55 (57)

1 (1)

Megaptera novaeangliae

1 (1)

5 (5)

1 (1)

Sperm and beaked Whales (SBW)

Kogia breviceps

1 (1)

1 (2)

Kogia sima

2 (2)

1 (1)

2 (2)

1 (1)

Mesoplodon densirostris

1 (1)

Mesoplodon pacificus

2 (2)

Physeter macrocephalus

19 (19)

1 (1)

5 (5)

1 (1)

7 (7)

1 (1)

Ziphius cavirostris

2 (2)

1 (1)

Dolphins and Finless porpoise (DFP)

Delphinus capensis

2 (43)

1 (1)

Globicephala macrorhynchus

3 (27)

1 (147)

1 (40)

Grampus griseus

2 (2)

1 (1)

Orcaella brevirostris

6 (6)

1 (1)

Orcinus orca

1 (1)

Pseudorca crassidens

4 (4)

5 (8)

Sousa chinensis

30 (102)

1 (6)

10 (11)

Sousa plumbea

16 (16)

Stenella attenuata

2 (13)

Stenella longirostris

7 (22)

2 (2)

1 (3)

Steno bredanensis

2 (2)

Tursiops aduncus

7 (9)

2 (2)

Tursiops truncatus

5 (5)

Neophocaena phocaenoides

20 (29)

21 (37)

2 (2)

1 (1)

Dugongs

Dugong dugon

72 (73)

11 (34)

13 (18)

1 (1)

67 (72)

2 (2)

Total

231 (412)

22 (196)

192 (226)

15 (15)

84 (98)

4 (43)