| 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.