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Cephalorhynchus eutropia (Chilean Dolphin; Black Dolphin)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Chilean dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia), also known as the black dolphin, is one of four dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus. The dolphin is only found off the coast of Chile; it is commonly referred to in the country as tonina.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.19
EDGE Score: 2.8

Attributes

Litter Size [4]  1
Snout to Vent Length [4]  6.265 feet (191 cm)
Water Biome [1]  Rivers and Streams, Coastal, Brackish Water
Adult Weight [2]  99.209 lbs (45.00 kg)
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [3]  80 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  20 %
Forages - Marine [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [4]  7 years
Male Maturity [4]  7 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parque Nacional Laguna San Rafael National Park II 4560904 Aisén, Chile  

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Braunina cordiformis[6]
Corynosoma cetaceum[6]
Nasitrema globicephalae[6]
Polymorphus cetaceus <Unverified Name>[6]
Synthesium tursionis[6]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
2Felisa A. Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Kate E. Jones, Dawn M. Kaufman, Tamar Dayan, Pablo A. Marquet, James H. Brown, and John P. Haskell. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84:3403
3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
5Hector’s dolphin diet: The species, sizes and relative importance of prey eaten by Cephalorhynchus hectori, investigated using stomach content analysis, ELANOR MILLER, CHRIS LALAS, STEVE DAWSON, HILTRUN RATZ, ELISABETH SLOOTEN, Marine Mammal Science 2012
6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0