Hourglass Dolphin

Sagmatias cruciger

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Delphinidae

The hourglass dolphin (Cephalorhynchus cruciger) is a small dolphin in the family Delphinidae that inhabits offshore Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters. It is commonly seen from ships crossing the Drake Passage but has a circumpolar distribution. The species was identified as a new species by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1824 from a drawing made in the South Pacific in 1820.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Hourglass Dolphin

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