Table 3. Levels of mitochondrial DNA control region haplotype diversity and nucleotide diversity^a.

Species	Sequence length (bp)	Sample size	Sampling location	Haplotype diversity (h)	Nucleotide diversity π (%)	Source
Beaked whale species
Gray's (Mesoplodon grayi)	530	94	NZ/AUS	0.933–0.987	0.763–0.996	This study
Straptoothed (Mesoplodon layardii)	361	22	AUS/SA	0.87±0.07	0.58±0.37	Dalebout (2002)
Cuvier's (Ziphius cavirostris)	290	87	Global	0.926±0.0154	1.27±0.723	Dalebout et al. (2005)
Blainville's (Mesoplodon densirostris)	362	11	Global	0.87±0.07	0.49±0.35	Dalebout (2002)
Arnoux's (Berardius arnuxii)	434	45	North Atlantic	0.73±0.15	0.20±0.19	Dalebout (2002)
Baird's (Berardius bairdii)	370	43	North Pacific	0.52±0.09	0.29±0.22	Dalebout (2002)
Northern bottlenose (Hyperoodon ampullatus)	434	45	North Atlantic	0.57±0.07	0.15±0.13	Dalebout (2002)
Southern bottlenose (Hyperoodon planifrons)	238	9	Southern Ocean	0.97±0.06	3.73±2.16	Dalebout (2002)
Other odontocete species
Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii)	466	196	South America	0.807	0.40	Pimper et al. (2010)
Long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas)	358	620	NZ	0.22±0.03	0.09±0.11	Oremus et al. (2009)
False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)	945	62	Hawaii	0.34±0.07	0.09±0.07	Chivers et al. (2007)
Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris longirostris)	555	70	Moorea, FP	0.93±0.01	1.62±0.84	Oremus et al. (2007)
Balaenoptera species:
Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)	410	184	Southern Ocean	0.97±0.01	1.4±0.70	Sremba et al. (2012)
Other mammals
Gray seal (Halichoerus grypus)	489	34	Sweden	0.97±0.01	1.62±0.9	Graves et al. (2008)

Abbreviations: AUS, Australia; FP, French Polynesia; NZ, New Zealand; SA, South Africa.

^aReported in beaked whales and other mammalian species.