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Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) is one of four dolphin species belonging to the genus Cephalorhynchus.Hector's dolphin is the only cetacean endemic to New Zealand, and comprises two subspecies: C. h. hectori, the more numerous subspecies, also referred to as South Island Hector's dolphin; and the critically endangered Māui dolphin (C. h. maui), found off the West Coast of the North ...
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The life history of Māui dolphins is assumed to be very similar to that of South Island Hector's dolphins. Hector's dolphins are known to live to at least 22 years old, based on photo-based capture-recapture records last updated in 2006, [25] and become sexually mature at around six to eight years of age, [6] after which they produce one calf ...
The world's smallest known dolphin is in danger of going extinct. Maui's dolphin, a subspecies of Hector's dolphin, is on the brink of extinction, with fewer than 50 left in the wild — all found ...
The family Balaenidae, the right whales, contains two genera and four species. All right whales have no ventral grooves; a distinctive head shape with a strongly arched, narrow rostrum, bowed lower jaw; lower lips that enfold the sides and front of the rostrum; and long, narrow, elastic baleen plates (up to nine times longer than wide) with fine baleen fringes.
The outer peninsula adjacent to Taiaroa Head is one of three main congregating areas for dusky dolphins in New Zealand waters [5] and the harbour and peninsula hosts important areas for breeding and nursing. [6] Bottlenose dolphins and critically endangered, endemic Hector's dolphins also frequent the water.
Hector's Dolphins statue in Hector. Hector and Ngakawau had a population of 198 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 24 people (−10.8%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 33 people (−14.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 114 households, comprising 105 males and 96 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.09 males per female, with ...
After secondary school in the Netherlands and a BSc and MSc in marine biology at the University of Auckland, Slooten completed a 1990 PhD from the University of Canterbury entitled Population biology, social organization and behaviour of Hector's Dolphins. [2]