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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Delphinidae
--> GENUS Lagenorhynchus
SPECIES Lagenorhynchus australis
| Author: | Peale, 1848. | | Citation: | Mammalia in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8: 33, pl. 6. | | Common Name: | Peale’s Dolphin | | Type Locality: | "South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Patagonia", Argentina, 1 day’s sail north of the Straits of LeMaire. | | Distribution: | Chile to Argentina: Valparaiso to Commodoro Rivadavia and Falkland Isls: Cold-temperate waters. One published (photograph) sighting in the tropical waters of the South Pacific, Cook Isls (Leatherwood et al., 1991). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | | Comments: | Included in cruciger by Bierman and Slijper (1947) and Hershkovitz (1966a:67), but considered a distinct species by Fraser (1966), Rice (1977), Brownell (1974), and Mitchell (1975a). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
amblodon (Cope, 1866)
chilensis (Philippi, 1896)
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