Species
Least ConcernCommerson's dolphin
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCetartiodactyla
- FamilyDelphinidae
Habitatmarine
Observations: These animals do not commonly live more than 10 years in the wild with the oldest animal ever found being 18 years old (Ronald Nowak 1999). One wild born animal was still living in captivity at 25.8 years of age (Richard Weigl 2005). Given the lack of detailed studies, however, their maximum longevity is classified as unknown.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cephalorhynchus
- Named after
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Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) is also referred to by the common names jacobita, skunk dolphin, piebald dolphin, panda dolphin, or tonina overa (in South America). It is a small oceanic dolphin of the genus Cephalorhynchus. Commerson's dolphin has two geographically isolated but locally common subspecies. The principal subspecies, C.c.commersonii, has sharply-delineated black-and-white patterning and is found around the tip of South America. The secondary subspecies, C.c.kerguelenensis, is larger than C.c.commersonii, has a less-sharply delineated dark and light grey patterning with a white ventral band, and is found around the Kerguelen Islands in the Indian Ocean.
The dolphin is named after French naturalist Dr. Philibert Commerson, who first described them in 1767 after sighting them in the Strait of Magellan.
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CephalorhynchusCetaceans of the Atlantic OceanCetaceans of the Indian OceanCite IUCN without doiFauna listed on CITES Appendix IIFauna of PatagoniaFauna of Temperate South AmericaFauna of the Kerguelen IslandsFauna of Tierra del FuegoIUCN Red List least concern speciesMammals described in 1804Mammals of Argentina