Delphinus hastatus = Heaviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii)

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Subject:	Delphinus hastatus = Heaviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii)
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Delphinus hastatus
Date between 1774 and 1846
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7257770104
Author Georg August Goldfuss; Johann Christian Daniel Schreber; Andreas Johann Wagner
Full title Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen.
BHL Page URL https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31078404
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADie_S%FF%FFugthiere_in_Abbildungen_nach_der_Natur%2C_mit_Beschreibungen_%28Plate_CCCLI%29_%287257770104%29.jpg

Heaviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) is one of four dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus. The small cetacean is endemic to the Benguela ecosystem along the southwest coast of Africa. Heaviside's dolphins are small and stocky with adults reaching a maximum length and weight of 1.7m and 75 kg. The dolphin has a distinct black, grey and white body pattern.

Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Cephalorhynchus
Species: Cephalorhynchus heavisidii Gray, 1828

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