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Indo-pacific Humpbacked Dolphin
Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Cetacea - cetaceans »  family Delphinidae - dolphins

Scientific synonyms

Delphinus chinensis Osbeck, 1765
Delphinus plumbeus G. Cuvier, 1829
Delphinus sinensis Desmarest, 1822
Dotalia borneensis
Sotalia borneensis Lydekker, 1901
Sotalia chinensis True, 1889
Sotalia fergusoni Lydekker, 1903
Sotalia lentiginosa (Gray, 1866)
Sotalia lentiginosus Flower, 1884
Sotalia plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829)

Other names

= Chinese White Dolphin
= Indian Humpback Dolphin

IUCN category:Near Threatened
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Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)]
Australian Faunal Directory [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversi...], Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Sousa chinensis Osbeck, 1765]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)]

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