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Atlantic humpback dolphin

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The Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) lives in shallow coastal and estuarine waters of West Africa, ranging from Western Sahara to Angola and generally staying in water less than about 20 meters deep. It is a robust dolphin with a well defined beak, gray or white coloring and a distinctive hump beneath the dorsal fin; newborns weigh about 14 kilograms and measure roughly 100 centimeters, while adult males can reach about 2.8 meters and 280 kilograms. It feeds mainly on inshore schooling fish such as mullet, supplemented by other coastal fish and crustaceans depending on location, and is classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN, threatened by entanglement in gill nets, habitat loss, overfishing, pollution and climate change. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Piscivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Sousa teuszii 3
Conservation Status
Critically Endangered 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Delphinidae, Taxa
Source Atlantic humpback dolphin (Wikidata)
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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. GBIF Species API
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3. Atlantic humpback dolphin (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q1192406 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): critically endangered.
  • Child Taxon Of: Delphinidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. Atlantic humpback dolphin (Wikipedia)
Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
Quote, Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
other coastal fish and crustaceans depending on location, and is classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN, threatened by entanglement in gill nets, habitat loss, overfishing
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