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Species
Genus
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCetartiodactyla
- FamilyDelphinidae
鲸豚属海豚分布区域 鲸豚属（学名：Lissodelphis）也称露脊海豚属，是鯨目海豚科的一属，包含2种，分别是生活在北半球的北鲸豚（Lissodelphis borealis）和南半球的南鲸豚（Lissodelphis peronii） 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=鲸豚属&oldid=26401512” 分类：海豚科 隐藏分类：本地相关图片与维基数据相同
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- Northern right whale dolphin.jpg
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- Lissodelphis
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- Lissodelphis
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Lissodelphis
- taxon author citation
- Gloger, 1841
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Encyclopedic overview
Right whale dolphins are cetaceans belonging to the genus Lissodelphis. It contains the northern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) and the southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii). These cetaceans are predominantly black, white beneath, and some of the few without a dorsal fin or ridge. They are smaller members of the delphinid family, oceanic dolphins, and very slender. Despite scientists being long acquainted with the species (the Northern species was identified by Titian Peale in 1848 and the Southern by Bernard Germain de la Cépède in 1804), little is known about them in terms of life history and behaviour.
Physical description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Right whale dolphin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.