Species profile—Orcaella heinsohni (Australian snubfin dolphin)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Delphinidae (dolphins) → Orcaella heinsohni (Australian snubfin dolphin)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Delphinidae (dolphins)
- Scientific name
- Orcaella heinsohni Beasley, Robertson, & Arnold, 2005
- Common name
- Australian snubfin dolphin
- Type reference
- Beasley, I., Robertson, K.M., and Arnold, P. (2005). Description Of A New Dolphin, the Australian snubfin dolphin Orcaella heinsohni sp. n. (Cetacea, Delphinidae). Marine Mammal Science 21(3): 365-400.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1039
- Synonym(s)
- Orcaella brevirostris
- Alternate name(s)
- Irrawaddy river dolphin
Irrawaddy dolphin
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lumba lumba - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Critical
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1039
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
