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--> FAMILY Delphinidae
--> GENUS Orcaella
SPECIES Orcaella brevirostris
| Author: | Owen in Gray, 1866. | | Citation: | Cat. Seals Whales Brit. Mus.: p. 285, fig. 57. | | Common Name: | Irrawady Dolphin | | Type Locality: | "Inhab. East coast of India, the harbour of Vizagapatam" (= Vishakhapatnam Harbor, in Bay of Bengal). | | Distribution: | SE Asia, N Australia and Papua New Guinea: tropical coastal waters and large rivers. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient, except for Mahakam subpopulation, which is Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Marsh et al. (1989). See Rice (1998:120) for details on species citation. |
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