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Feresa attenuata
Gray, 1875. J. Mus. Godeffroy (Hamburg), 8:184.
ORDER—CETACEA
FAMILY—Delphinidae
COMMON NAME—Pygmy killer whale.
DISTRIBUTION—Circumtropical and subtropical waters, generally not ranging beyond 40ºN and 35ºS (Jefferson et al., 1994). This species has been sighted in the Bohol Sea, Bohol Strait, Tanon Strait, and eastern Sulu Sea (Dolar & Perrin, 1996; Dolar & Wood, 1993; Leatherwood et al., 1992). Specimens are from the eastern Sulu Sea (SUML).
HABITAT—Oceanic.
STATUS—Moderately
common in Philippine waters. CITES: Appendix II. IUCN: Insufficienly known
(Klinowska, 1991).
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