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Peale's dolphin at the surface of water

Peale's dolphin

Peale's dolphins are a little-known species that inhabit the waters around the southern tip of South America. They live in small family units of 3-8.

Scientific name: Lagenorhynchus australis

Rank: Species

Common names:

Black-chinned dolphin

Distribution

The Peale's dolphin can be found in a number of locations including: South America. Find out more about these places and what else lives there.

Habitats

The following habitats are found across the Peale's dolphin distribution range. Find out more about these environments, what it takes to live there and what else inhabits them.

Shallow seas Shallow seas
Shallow seas cover the continental shelves. These sunlit, or neritic, waters are where the oceans are most productive, where biomass is highest and where all the major sea fisheries of the world take their catches.

Behaviours

Discover what these behaviours are and how different plants and animals use them.

Additional data source: Animal Diversity Web

Conservation Status

Data deficient

  1. EX - Extinct
  2. EW
  3. CR - Threatened
  4. EN - Threatened
  5. VU - Threatened
  6. NT
  7. LC - Least concern

Population trend: Unknown

Year assessed: 2008

Classified by: IUCN 3.1

About

Peale's Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis) is a small dolphin found in the waters around Tierra del Fuego at the foot of South America. It is also commonly known as the Black-chinned Dolphin or even Peale's Black-chinned Dolphin. However since Rice's work Peale's Dolphin has been adopted as the standard common name.

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