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Pseudorca crassidens
(Owen, 1846). Rist.
Brit. Foss. Mamrn. Birds, p. 516, Fig. 213.
© 2002
(photo by B. Stanley; USNM 485827)
ORDER—CETACEA
FAMILY—Delphinidae
COMMON NAME—False killer whale.
DISTRIBUTION—Tropical to warm temperate zones. Do not range beyond 50° in either hemisphere. Sighted in the Philippine Sea (northeast and east of Luzon) and the South China Sea (northwest of Luzon; Perrin et al., 1996a).
HABITAT—Deep offshore waters. In the Philippines, the most inshore locality was approximately 80 km northeast of San Miguel Bay, Luzon (Perrin et al., 1996a).
STATUS—Insufficiently
known, probably uncommon in the Philippines. CITES: Appendix II.
IUCN: Insufficiently known (Klinowska, 1991).
©2002 (P. Hamilton)
©2002 (photo by
L. Dolar)
©2002 (photo by
L. Dolar)
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