| Heaviside's dolphin | |
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| Heaviside's dolphin off Lüderitz, Namibia | |
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| Size compared to an average human | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
- ^ Elwen, S.; Gopal, K. (2018). "Cephalorhynchus heavisidii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T4161A50352086. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T4161A50352086.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Gray, John Edward (1828). Spicilegia Zoologica: Original Figures and Short Systematic Descriptions. Vol. 1. Soho, London: Treüttel, Würtz & Co.
- ^ Best, Peter B. (2007). Whales and Dolphins of the Southern African Subregion. Cambridge University Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-521-89710-5.
- ^ Gopal, K; Elwen, S; Plön, S (2016). "A conservation assessment of Cephalorhynchus heavisidii. In Child MF, Roxburgh L, Do Linh San E, Raimondo D, Davies-Mostert HT. The Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho" (PDF). South African National Biodiversity Institute and Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2020.