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SPECIES Cephalorhynchus hectori

Author:van Beneden, 1881.
Citation:Bull. R. Acad. Belg., ser. 3, 4: 877, pl. 11.
Common Name:Hector’s Dolphin
Type Locality:"capturé sur la côte nord-est de la Nouvelle-Zélande." (= New Zealand, north coast).
Distribution:New Zealand: coastal waters. Harrison's (1960) reference to the occurrence of this species around Sarawak is undocumented by specimens or photos.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Endangered, except for North Island subpopulation, which is Critically Endangered.
Comments:Baker, Smith and Pichler (2002) recognized that C. h. maui form a morphologically and genetically recognizable subspecies on the North Isl of New Zealand, while the nominal subspecies was restricted to the South Isl.
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SUBSPECIES hectori

SUBSPECIES maui

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