Table 1 Family, species and origin of the cetacean species selected for this study, and liver and lung tested for the DNA viruses (herpesvirus and adenovirus) and RNA virus (hepatitis E virus) screening.

Balaenopteridae

Bryde's whale

Balaenoptera brydei

Mixed habitat

1

2

2

–

Balaenopteridae

Humpback whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

Mixed habitat

18

4

18

17

Physeteridae

Sperm whale

Physeter macrocephalus

Pelagic

3

3

4

1

Kogiidae

Pygmy sperm whale

Kogia breviceps

Pelagic

5

2

5

1

Kogiidae

Dwarf sperm whale

Kogia sima

Pelagic

12

10

14

8

Ziphiidae

Gervais's beaked whale

Mesoplodon europaeus

Pelagic

1

1

1

1

Ziphiidae

Cuvier's beaked whale

Ziphius cavirostris

Pelagic

1

1

1

–

Pontoporiidae

Franciscana

Pontoporia blainvillei

Coastal

33

26

52

39

Delphinidae

Short-beaked common dolphin

Delphinus delphis

Mixed habitat

2

0

2

–

Delphinidae

Pygmy killer whale

Feresa attenuata

Pelagic

6

4

6

3

Delphinidae

Short-finned pilot whale

Globicephala macrorhynchus

Pelagic

8

4

8

5

Delphinidae

Risso's dolphin

Grampus griseus

Pelagic

2

1

2

1

Delphinidae

Orca

Orcinus orca

Mixed habitat

2

1

2

2

Delphinidae

Melon-headed whalen

Peponocephala electra

Pelagic

6

7

9

8

Delphinidae

Guiana dolphin

Sotalia guianensis

Coastal

57

19

59

41

Delphinidae

Pantropical spotted dolphin

Stenella attenuata

Pelagic

6

5

6

6

Delphinidae

Clymene dolphin

Stenella clymene

Pelagic

6

5

6

5

Delphinidae

Striped dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

Pelagic

2

0

2

–

Delphinidae

Atlantic spotted dolphin

Stenella frontalis

Mixed habitat

7

7

9

5

Delphinidae

Spinner dolphin

Stenella longirostris

Pelagic

2

2

3

2

Delphinidae

Rough-toothed dolphin

Steno bredanensis

Mixed habitat

2

0

2

–

Delphinidae

Common bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops truncatus truncatus

Mixed habitat

2

2

2

2

Delphinidae

Lahille’s bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops truncatus gephyreus

Coastal

3

2

3

–

Total

187

108

218

147