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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 dolphin found off the northern coasts of Australia. It closely resembles the Irrawaddy dolphin (of the same genus, Orcaella ) and was not described as a separate species until 2005.
Iniidae is a family of river dolphins containing one living genus, Inia, and four extinct genera.The extant genus inhabits the river basins of South America, but the family formerly had a wider presence across the Atlantic Ocean.
Turns out South Carolina’s river dolphins are even more unique than were previously known. New dolphin species discovered along SC coast, study shows. What makes them unique
South America is one. More recently, cleanup crews in Louisiana who were working deep in the salt marsh following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 witnessed dolphins feeding in an unusual ...
The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a species of oceanic dolphin that is the only extant representative of the genus Pseudorca. It is found in oceans worldwide but mainly in tropical regions. It was first described in 1846 as a species of porpoise based on a skull, which was revised when the first carcasses were observed in 1861.
Researchers with NOAA and the University of Miami, among others, worked for eight years studying 147 skulls and 43 spines of stranded bottlenose dolphins. Some specimens were found in South ...
Globicephalinae is a subfamily of oceanic dolphins that includes the pilot whales (Globicephala spp.), the pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata), the rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis), the false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens), the melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra), Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), and the snubfin dolphins (Orcaella spp.).