Lagenorhynchus australis (Peak 1848)
- Dataset
- Order Cetacea
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cetacea
- family
- Delphinidae
- genus
- Lagenorhynchus
- species
- Lagenorhynchus australis
conservation
STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.
discussion
COMMENTS: Included in cruciger by Bierman and Slijper (1947) and Hershkovitz (1966 a: 67), but considered a distinct species by Fraser (1966), Rice (1977), Brownell (1974), and Mitchell (1975).
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Chile to Argentina: Valparaiso to Commodoro Rivadavia and Falkland Isis: Cold-temperate waters. One published (photograph) sighting in the tropical waters of the South Pacific, Cook Isis (Leatherwood et al. (1991).
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: " South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Patagonia ", Argentina, 1 days sail north of the Straits of LeMaire.
synonymic_list
SYNONYMS: amblodon, chilöensis.
Name
- Homonyms
- Lagenorhynchus australis (Peak 1848)