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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Delphinidae
--> GENUS Delphinus
SPECIES Delphinus capensis
| Author: | Gray, 1828. | | Citation: | Spicilegia Zoologica, 1: 1-2, tab. 2. | | Common Name: | Long-beaked Common Dolphin | | Type Locality: | Cape of Good Hope. | | Distribution: | Near-shore tropical to temperate waters, world-wide. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | See Heyning and Perrin (1994) for details. Rice (1998:112) recognized D. tropicalis (Arabian Common Dolphin) as a separate species. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
bairdii Dall, 1873
major Gray, 1866
tropicalis van Bree, 1971
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