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Grampus griseus
(G. Cuvier, 1812).
Ann. Mus. Rist. Nat. Paris, 19:13.
©2002
ORDER—CETACEA
FAMILY—Delphinidae
COMMON NAME—Risso's
dolphin.
DISTRIBUTION—Worldwide. Sighted in the Tanon Strait, Visayan Sea,
Bohol Sea, Cebu Strait, Camotes Sea, eastern Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, eastern
China Sea (Dolar & Perrin, 1996; Dolar & Wood, 1993; Hammond &
Leatherwood, 1984;
Leatherwood et al., 1992), and southern Sulu Sea (Dolar & Perrin,
unpubl. data). Specimen known from eastern Sulu Sea (SUML).
HABITAT—Coastal and offshore waters.
STATUS—Moderately common in the Philippines.
CITES: Appendix II. IUCN: Insufficiently known (Klinowska, 1991).
© 2002
(P.Hamilton)
© 2002
(photo by R. L. Pitman)
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