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Cephalorhynchus
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Cephalorhynchus

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Cephalorhynchus is a genus in the dolphin family Delphinidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderCetacea
  5. FamilyDelphinidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded4,654

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
23
With media
4
Family
Delphinidae
Collections
USNM, CLO, NHMUK, BPBM, MNHN
Recorded in
United States, Chile, South Africa, Nouvelle-ZéLande, Afrique Du Sud

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Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
Contents
  • Extant species
  • References

Cephalorhynchus is a genus in the dolphin family Delphinidae.

==Extant species== It consists of six species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px||Peale's dolphin|| C. australis||Southern South America |- |120px||Commerson's dolphin|| C. commersonii||Argentina including Puerto Deseado, in the Strait of Magellan and around Tierra del Fuego, and near the Falkland Islands, near the Kerguelen Islands in the southern part of the Indian Ocean |- |120px||Hourglass dolphin|| C. cruciger||Argentina, Chile, New Zealand |- |120px ||Chilean dolphin|| C. eutropia||coast of Chile |- |120px ||Heaviside's dolphin|| C. heavisidii||coast of northern Namibia at 17°S and as far south as the southern tip of South Africa |- |120px ||Hector's dolphin|| C. hectori||coastal regions of New Zealand |- |}

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