Heaviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii)

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Subject:	Heaviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii)
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Fig.20. Heavyside's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii)
Date 1900
Author Frank Evers Beddard FRS FRSE (1858 ~ 1925)
Full title A book of whales, by F.E. Beddard ... With forty illustrations by W. Sidney Berridge.
BHL Page URL https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1398416
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_book_of_whales_%28Plate_XVIII%29_%286002558448%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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