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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 ...
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 ...
In New Zealand, these dolphins have a high rate of entanglement. Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) is endemic to the coastal waters of New Zealand and there are about 7,400 in abundance. [15] A small population of Hector's dolphins is isolated on the west coast of the island and have been declared a subspecies called Maui's dolphin.
Footage of a pod of dolphins leaping through the air is going viral after it was taken by a San Diego whale watching company. ... The video, which shows the marine mammals skimming over the water ...
In a rare video captured by a whale watching expedition off the coast of San Diego this week, a killer whale teaches its baby how to hunt by headbutting a dolphin, causing it to flip several times ...
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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 ...