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White-beaked dolphin

Mammals

The white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a robust oceanic dolphin found only in cold temperate and subarctic waters of the North Atlantic, generally in seas less than 1,000 meters deep from Cape Cod and Greenland east to Svalbard, and commonly seen around Iceland and off Britain and Norway. Adults measure 2.3 to 3.1 meters in length and weigh 180 to 354 kilograms, with a dark gray back and flanks, lighter patches and a pale saddle behind the dorsal fin, a light gray to nearly white underside, and a white beak that can darken to ashy gray with age; it carries up to 92 vertebrae, more than any other oceanic dolphin. It feeds mainly on gadoid fish, particularly cod, haddock and whiting. 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
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 4
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G4 Apparently Secure 5
CITES Appendix
Appendix II 4
Scientific Name
Lagenorhynchus albirostris 4
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Lagenorhynchus, Taxa
Source White-beaked dolphin (Wikidata)

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source White-beaked dolphin (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Svalbard, Ecosystems
Source White-beaked dolphin (Wikipedia)
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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Wikipedia: White-beaked dolphin
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    The white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a marine mammal belonging to the family Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins) in the suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales).
  • Infobox: status
    LC
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3. SeaLifeBase: Lagenorhynchus albirostris summary
SeaLifeBaseHuman uses
Quote, Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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4. White-beaked dolphin (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q217147 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Lagenorhynchus, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q837606 (Lagenorhynchus)
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5. NatureServe Explorer: Lagenorhynchus albirostris
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G4"
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White-beaked dolphin (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: status2
    CITES_A2
  • In Biome: Marine, Lead section
    The white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a marine mammal belonging to the family Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins) in the suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales).
  • In Ecosystem: Svalbard, Distribution and habitat
    Lawrence River and southern Greenland in the west, around Iceland in the centre, and across in the west from northern France to Svalbard; however, they are not well adapted to truly Arctic conditions.
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