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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 ...
A 'butchered' common dolphin was found ashore a New Jersey beach on Oct. 30, and now federal authorities are investigating the animal's death.
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.
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).
Lowcountry dolphins only strand feed on their right side, says Lauren Rust, executive director of the Charleston-based Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network. “The theory is they do it on the right ...
Scientists found that members of the new species are smaller than their offshore common bottlenose counterparts, eat different fish and have spines adapted to navigating the tight spaces of rivers ...
Northern right whale dolphin: Lissodelphis borealis Peale, 1848: LC: 400,000 [l] 115 kg (254 lb) Southern right whale dolphin: Lissodelphis peronii Lacépède, 1804: LC: Unknown [m] 60–100 kg (130–220 lb) Genus Orcaella Gray, 1866 – two species Common name Scientific name Status Population Distribution Size Picture Australian snubfin dolphin
A dolphin was found with multiple gunshot wounds on West Mae’s Beach in Louisiana on 13 March 2024 (Audubon Aquarium Rescue/NOAA) ... with investigators now offering a reward of up to $20,000 ...