Book excerpt: Excerpt from Marine Mammals of the Southeastern United States Coast and the Gulf of Mexico The marine mammal fauna of the Southeastern United States coast and the Gulf of Mexico consists almost entirely of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), although pinnipeds (seals and sea lions) and sirenians (manatees) also are represented. This paper only considers cetaceans and pinnipeds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.