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| Sousa chinensis |
(Osbeck, 1765) |
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Family: Delphinidae |
Order: Cetacea |
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Chinese white dolphin |
Dauphin blanc de Chine |
Delfín blanco de China |
Chinesischer weißer Delphin |
| Migration: range extension |
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Clear evidence of migration in humpback dolphins has not been found, although Senegalese animals may shift
northward in summer. Humpback dolphins on the southern Cape coast of South Africa appear to be resident, and
those in southern China are present throughout the year. (Ross GJB, , 2002)
- digitised by GROMS, after Jefferson TA et al. (1993), Rice DW (1998),
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| Regions: East Asia, North Africa, Oceania, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central
Asia |
| Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede |
| (Last update: 26.10.04 by E.Gerstner) |