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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 ...
Hector’s dolphins are the smallest and rarest marine dolphins in the world,” he said. A full-grown adult is usually four to five feet long.But St Louis also warned about the need to protect ...
Hector’s dolphins are “one of the world’s smallest dolphins,” reaching about 5 feet in length, according to the department. Only about 15,000 of these dolphins are over 1 year old, and ...
The endangered Hector's dolphin lives in the sea around Banks Peninsula, and is occasionally seen in Lyttelton Harbour. The Banks Peninsula Marine Mammal Sanctuary, New Zealand’s first for marine mammals, was created in 1988, to protect Hector’s dolphin from bycatch in set nets.
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The animal was stripped down to the bone with most of its organs removed