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OverviewThe Commerson’s Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii), affectionately celebrated across the southern seas as the ‘panda dolphin’ or ‘piebald dolphin,’ is a small, extraordinarily charismatic coastal odontocete native to the cold,...
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OverviewThe Northern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) is a magnificent, large, deep-diving beaked whale (family Ziphiidae) endemic to the icy, storm-swept pelagic waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Celebrated for its extraordinarily bulbous, barrel-shaped...
Mammals > Cetaceans
OverviewThe Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) is an exceptionally agile, highly social, and acrobatic coastal delphinid distributed disjunctly across the cold-temperate and subantarctic waters of the Southern Hemisphere. Renowned globally among marine...
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OverviewThe Rough-toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis) is an ancient, primitive-looking, and ecologically distinctive pelagic delphinid distributed throughout the tropical and warm-temperate offshore waters of the globe. As the sole surviving member of the genus Steno,...
Mammals > Cetaceans
OverviewThe Spectacled Porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) is one of the most enigmatic, visually striking, and poorly understood small cetaceans patrolling the windswept, cold-temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere. First described from stranded specimens on the...
Mammals > Cetaceans
OverviewThe Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of the smallest and most widespread odontocetes inhabiting the cold, highly productive inshore waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Found predominantly over continental shelves, within sheltered estuaries, and...
Mammals > Cetaceans
OverviewThe Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis), globally renowned and celebrated across East Asia as the Chinese White Dolphin or Pink Dolphin, is an extraordinary, charismatic coastal cetacean belonging to the oceanic dolphin family Delphinidae....
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OverviewHector’s Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori), known in the Māori language of New Zealand as the tutumairekurai, pahu, or pōpoto, is an exquisite, miniature coastal delphinid strictly endemic to the nearshore waters of New Zealand. Recognized globally as...
Mammals > Cetaceans
OverviewThe Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica), affectionately known across the Indian subcontinent as the susu or soos, is an archaic, functionally blind freshwater cetacean belonging to the ancient river dolphin family Platanistidae. Endemic to the vast,...
Mammals > Cetaceans
OverviewThe Southern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis peronei) is an exceptionally sleek, graceful, and visually mesmerizing cetacean belonging to the oceanic dolphin family Delphinidae, indigenous to the cold, windswept circumpolar waters of the Southern Hemisphere....
