Chilean dolphin
Chilean dolphin Temporal range: Holocene | |
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Chilean dolphins around Isla Gordon | |
Size compared to an average human | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Delphinidae |
Genus: | Cephalorhynchus |
Species: | C. eutropia |
Binomial name | |
Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray, 1846 | |
Chilean dolphin range |
The Chilean dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia), also known as the black dolphin, is one of four dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus. The dolphin is found only off the coast of Chile; it is commonly referred to in the country as tonina.
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