HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Delphinidae
--> GENUS Lissodelphis
SPECIES Lissodelphis peronii
Author: | Lacépède, 1804. | Citation: | Hist. Nat. Cetacees: 316. | Common Name: | Southern Right Whale Dolphin | Type Locality: | Indian Ocean, "dans les environs du cap sud de la terre de Diémen, et par conséquent vers le quarante-quatrime degré de latitude australe." (= about 44°S, 141°E, south of Tasmania). | Distribution: | Southern hemisphere: cold-temperate waters, occasionally Antarctic waters south of Argentina. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | |
| Offspring: | Synonyms:
leucorhamphus (Lacépède, 1804)
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