Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin
Sousa chinensis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 287
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇳 China
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) is a species of humpback dolphin inhabiting coastal waters of the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans. This species is often referred to as the Chinese white dolphin in mainland China, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan as a common name. Some biologists regard the Indo-Pacific dolphin as a subspecies of the Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (S.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin”.