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--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Delphinidae
--> GENUS Cephalorhynchus
SPECIES Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
| Author: | Gray, 1828. | | Citation: | Spicil. Zool., 1: 2. | | Common Name: | Haviside’s Dolphin | | Type Locality: | South Africa, Western Cape Prov., "Inhab. Cape of Good Hope". | | Distribution: | South Africa to perhaps S Angola: coastal waters from Cape Town to 17°09'S (Namibia). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | | Comments: | Type specimen was brought to the Royal College of Surgeons by Captain Haviside, at about the same time that Captain Heaviside sold a collection of anatomical specimens to the Royal College. Gray confused the two (Rice 1998:101). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
hastatus (F. Cuvier, 1836)
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