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Species
Least ConcernCape dolphin
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCetartiodactyla
- FamilyDelphinidae
Maximum longevity: 46 years (wild) Observations: There are reports of pregnant females up to the age of 35. Their maximum longevity could be underestimated.
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Stenella attenuata
- Commons category
- Stenella attenuata
- Commons gallery
- Stenella attenuata
- taxon common name
- 热带点斑原海豚
- gestation period
- 11.5
- sequenced genome URL
- www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Stenella_attenuata
- taxon author citation
- (J.E. Gray, 1846)
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- S. attenuata
- taxon range
- Parnaíba
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Encyclopedic overview
The pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) is a species of dolphin found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans. The species was beginning to come under threat due to the killing of millions of individuals in tuna purse seines. In the 1980s, the rise of "dolphin-friendly" tuna capture methods saved millions of the species in the eastern Pacific Ocean and it is now one of the most abundant dolphin species in the world.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pantropical spotted dolphin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.