The hector dolphin is important because it is one of the rarest species of dolphin. The playful dolphins reside in the coastal waters of New Zealand. They swim inland up to 5-miles. They are very social animals, blowing bubbles, playing with seaweed, and other socially-structured games with each other.
The science name for the Hector dolphin is Cephalorhynchus hectori.
Tutumairekurai is the most common of the Maori names for Hector's dolphin
yes, sadly the hector's dolphin is endangered. :`(
The Hector's Dolphin only lives in New Zealand!
The Māori name for the Hector's dolphin is "tūpoupou."
The Hector's dolphin (named are Sir James Hector) is New Zealand's smallest dolphin. It is the only dolphin endemic to New Zealand. it is also one of the world's smallest dolphins, growing to about 1.2 metres in length.
Hector's dolphin was discovered sometime prior to the year 1881 by James Hector, a Scottish geologist, surgeon, and naturalist. The dolphin was officially named in 1881 by a Belgian zoologist by the name of Pierre-Joseph van Beneden.
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Maui/Hector's Dolphin
Male Hector's dolphins live for an average of 25 years and females an average of 45 years in the wild. The record age was an 87 year old female Hector's dolphin.
o. They are going to kill the dolphin and then eat it.
The little Hector Dolphins