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Short-finned pilot whale
Short-finned pilot whale
(Globicephala macrorhynchus)
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Also known as:
Pacific pilot whale
Previously known as:
Globicephala scammoni
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Cetartiodactyla
Family
Delphinidae
Genus
Globicephala
(1)
Status
Classified as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List
(1)
and listed on Appendix II of CITES
(2)
.
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