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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Delphinidae
--> GENUS Cephalorhynchus
SPECIES Cephalorhynchus hectori
| Author: | van Beneden, 1881. | | Citation: | Bull. R. Acad. Belg., ser. 3, 4: 877, pl. 11. | | Common Name: | Hector’s Dolphin | | Type Locality: | "capturé sur la côte nord-est de la Nouvelle-Zélande." (= New Zealand, north coast). | | Distribution: | New Zealand: coastal waters. Harrison's (1960) reference to the occurrence of this species around Sarawak is undocumented by specimens or photos. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Endangered, except for North Island subpopulation, which is Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Baker, Smith and Pichler (2002) recognized that C. h. maui form a morphologically and genetically recognizable subspecies on the North Isl of New Zealand, while the nominal subspecies was restricted to the South Isl. |
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