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Commerson's dolphin

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Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii), also known by names such as jacobita, skunk dolphin, piebald dolphin and panda dolphin, is a small oceanic dolphin named for the French naturalist Philibert Commerson, who first described it after sighting the species in the Strait of Magellan in 1767. It comprises two geographically separated subspecies roughly 8,500 kilometers apart, one along the coasts of Argentina, the Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands, sharply patterned in black and white, and the other around the Kerguelen Islands in the Indian Ocean, larger and less sharply patterned in grays with a white ventral band. It is one of the smallest cetaceans, growing to about 1.5 meters, with a recorded mature female measuring 1.36 meters and 23 kilograms, possibly the smallest adult cetacean known, and it feeds on a mix of coastal and pelagic fish and squid, with South American populations also taking crustaceans. 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
Cephalorhynchus commersonii 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 4
Connections

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Cephalorhynchus, Taxa
Source Commerson's dolphin (Wikidata)
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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Wikipedia: Commerson's dolphin
system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
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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.
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3. Commerson's dolphin (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q724354 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Cephalorhynchus, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q583001 (Cephalorhynchus)
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4. Commerson's dolphin (Wikipedia)
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
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status = LC
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