Chilean dolphin

Chilean dolphin
Temporal range: Holocene
Chilean dolphins around Isla Gordon
Size compared to an average human

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
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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