Species: Delphinus capensis

Long-beaked Common Dolphin
Species

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    Yukusam the sperm whale in Haro Strait off of Turn Point Lighthouse, Stuart Island, WA. March 2018. Photo: Copyright Jeff Friedman, Maya's Legacy Whale Watching (used with permission) http://sanjuanislandwhalewatch.com/first-ever-sperm-whale-san-juan-islands/
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Mammalia

    Order

    Cetacea

    Family

    Delphinidae

    Genus

    Delphinus

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Delfín Común de Hocico Largo - Long-beaked Saddleback Dolphin
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Mammals - Whales and Dolphins
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae - Delphinus - ) as distinct species.
    Habitat Type Description
    Marine
    Migration
    false - false - false
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Feeds opportunistically on schooling fishes (e.g., smelt, herring, mackerel, mullet, lantern fish) and squid.
    Reproduction Comments
    Presumably similar to D. DELPHIS.
    Ecology Comments
    Travels in groups.
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G4G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-11-15
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-11-15
    Conservation Status Map
    <img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?US.CA=SNR" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
    Global Range
    In the eastern Pacific, recorded from Point Conception, California, south to Peru, including the Gulf of California; in the western Pacific, known from the coasts of Korea, southern Japan, and Taiwan; records from the Atlantic are from coastal Venezuela south to the La Plata region of Argentina; also occurs along the west coast of Africa and in waters off South Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula; nominal species D. TROPICALIS, occurring around the edges of the Arabian Sea and some areas off southeastern Asia, may be this species (Heyning and Perrin 1994).
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