Globicephala macrorhynchus
Gray, 1846. Zool. Voy. H.M.S. "Erebus" and "Terror", 1 :33.


©2002 (photo by P. Lai)

ORDER—CETACEA
FAMILY—Delphinidae

COMMON NAME—Short-finned pilot whale.

DISTRIBUTION—Warm temperate to tropical waters, usually between 500N and 400S. Sighted in the Sulu and Bohol seas and Tanon Strait (Dolar & Wood, 1993; Leatherwood et al., 1992). Strandings recorded in Calategas, Narra, Palawan, and Binmaley, Pangasinan Province, Luzon (Leatherwood et al., 1992). Specimens are in the SUML, UPLB, and AMNH.

HABITAT—Usually deep offshore areas. In the Philippines, often found over or near steep slopes (Dolar & Perrin, 1996).

STATUS—Common in the Philippines. CITES: Appendix II. IUCN: Insufficiently known (Klinowska, 1991).

COMMENT—In the eastern Pacific, often found associated with other species (e.g., bottlenose, Pacific white-sided, and Risso's dolphins and sperm whales; Jefferson et al., 1994). In the Sulu Sea, Philippines, found with Fraser's dolphins in 85% of the total sightings (Dolar & Perrin, 1996).

©2002 (J. Howland)

© 2002 (photo by L. Dolar)

© 2002 (photo by L. Dolar)

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