Peale’s dolphin  (Lagenorhynchus australis)

Species information

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Authentication

Authenticated (21/10/09) by William F. Perrin, Senior Scientist for Marine Mammals, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center.
http://swfsc.noaa.gov

Glossary

  • Continental shelf: a region of relatively shallow water, not usually deeper than 200 metres, surrounding each of the continents.
  • Dorsal fin: the unpaired fin found on the back of the body of fish, or the raised structure on the back of most cetaceans.
  • Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
  • Melon: a lump of fatty tissue that forms the bulging forehead of toothed cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), thought to focus sound during echolocation.
  • Thoracic: of the thorax, or chest; the part of the body located between the head and the abdomen in animals. In insects, the three segments between the head and the abdomen, each of which has a pair of legs.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/
  2. Jefferson, T.A., Webber, M.A. and Pitman, R.L. (2008) Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to their Identification.Academic Press, London.
  3. CITES (May, 2009)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Goodall, R.N.P. (2009) Peale’s dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis. In: Perrin, W.F., Würsig, B. and Thewissen, J.G.M. (Eds) Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals.Academic Press, Amsterdam.
  5. Macdonald, D.W. (2006) The Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  6. Martin, A.R. (1990) Whales and Dolphins.Salamander Books, London.
  7. Reeves, R.R., Smith, B.D., Crespo, E.A. and Notarbartolo di Sciari, G. (2003) Dolphins, Whales and Porpoises: 2002-2010 Conservation Action Plan for the World’s Cetaceans.IUCN/SSC Cetacean Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland. Available at: http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/2003-009.pdf
  8. Viddi, F.A. and Lescrauwaet, A.K. (2005) Insights on habitat selection and behavioural patterns of Peale’s dolphins (Lagenorhynchus australis) in the Strait of Magellan, Southern Chile. Aquatic Mammals, 31 (2): 176 - 183.
  9. Iñíguez, M.A. and de Haro, J.C. (1994) Preliminary report on the feeding habits of the Peale’s dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis) in southern Argentina. Aquatic Mammals, 21 (1): 35 - 37.
  10. Nowak, R.M. (1991) Walker’s Mammals of the World.The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
  11. Convention on Migratory Species: Lagenorhynchus australis (May, 2009)
    http://www.cms.int/reports/small_cetaceans/data/L_australis/L_australis.htm
  12. Convention on Migratory Species (May, 2009)
    http://www.cms.int/
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