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The Australian snubfin dolphin is unusual among recently described mammals in that a population is accessible for scientific study. Nonetheless, the existence of snubfin dolphins in the waters of northern Australia had only become known to western scientists in 1948, when a skull was collected at Melville Bay (Gove Peninsula, Northern Territory).
The snubfin dolphins (Orcaella) contain two of the 35 species of oceanic dolphins that make up the Cetacean family of Delphinidae. [5] The phylogenetic status of Orcaella has long been confused. Although the snubfin dolphins share similar external features with the Monodontidae (narwhal), [ 2 ] a genetic study conducted by Arnason and ...
The Australian snubfin dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni), is a species discovered distinct to the closely related Irrawaddy dolphin in 2005. It was the first dolphin species to be named for at least 30 years. [2]
Australian snubfin dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni; Killer whale, Orcinus orca; Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra; False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens; Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis; Spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata; Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba; Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris; Rough-toothed ...
Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus LC; Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei LC; Hourglass dolphin, Sagmatias cruciger LC; Dusky dolphin, Sagmatias obscurus DD; Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii DD; Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris VU; Australian snubfin dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni NT; Orca (killer whale), Orcinus orca DD
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There are 37 species of toothed whale, which include all six genera of the family Ziphiidae (beaked whales), and 21 species of oceanic dolphin, including the Australian snubfin dolphin, a species first described in 2005 that is endemic to Australia. Some oceanic dolphins, such as the orca, can be found in all waters around the continent; others ...
Gabriela Bryan won her first world championship tour event at the Western Australia Margaret River Pro on Sunday and in a “magical” moment in the final, the Hawaiian surfer shared a wave with ...