The composition of the cetacean community in the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands, southwest South Atlantic Ocean.

The article describes the cetacean diversity of the Falkland (Malvinas) Island using the records collected of stranded specimens from the late 1800s to September 2012 and uses sighting data to provide a complete overall picture of the cetacean community. Records of dolphins and whales stranded in the Falkland Islands between 1866 to September 2012 were compiled in detail from different sources such as the British Museum of Natural History, the Falkland Islands Museum and scientific publications. It notes that the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands cetacean community has 24 species whose composition is similar to that reported in the southern waters of Argentina and Chile.