Peale's Dolphin
Cephalorhynchus australis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 449
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇱 Chile
Description
Peale's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus australis) is a small dolphin found in the waters around Tierra del Fuego at the foot of South America. It is also commonly known as the black-chinned dolphin or even Peale's black-chinned dolphin. However, since Rice's work Peale's dolphin has been adopted as the standard common name.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Peale's dolphin”.