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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Delphinidae
--> GENUS Lagenorhynchus
SPECIES Lagenorhynchus obscurus
| Author: | Gray, 1828. | | Citation: | Spicil. Zool., 1: 2. | | Common Name: | Dusky Dolphin | | Type Locality: | South Africa, Western Cape Prov., "Inhab. Cape of Good Hope". | | Distribution: | Southern hemisphere: cold-temperate continental waters. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | | Comments: | Included in cruciger by Hershkovitz (1966a:65), but considered a distinct species by Rice (1977), Brownell (l974), and Mitchell (l975a). Previously reported from Kerguelen Isls, reidentified as young specimen of Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Robineau, 1989). Rice (1998:114) recognized L. o. obscurus (South African Dusky Dolphin), L. o. fitzroyi (South American Dusky Dolphin) and an un-named subspecies (New Zealand Dusky Dolphin). |
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