Heaviside's dolphin | |
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Heaviside's dolphin off Lüderitz, Namibia | |
Size compared to an average human | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Delphinidae |
Genus: | Cephalorhynchus |
Species: | C. heavisidii
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Binomial name | |
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii Gray, 1828
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Heaviside's dolphin range |
Heaviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii)[3] is one of four dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus. The small cetacean is endemic to the Benguela ecosystem along the southwest coast of Africa.[4][5]