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What type of dolphin is endangered in Australia?
The little Hector Dolphins
What small endangered dolphin is mainly found off the coast of christchurch?
Hector's Dolphin , whos maximum length is 145 cm
What is the science name for the Hector dolphin?
The science name for the Hector dolphin is Cephalorhynchus hectori.
How can you help save the Hector dolphins?
Hectors's dolphin can be saved and not become extint if people don't polute and fish for these endangered species.This is what is causing hectors dolphin to become extinct.
Which dolphin is endangered?
The snubfin dolphin is endangered. :)
What is a maui dolphin?
Maui dolphins are subspecies of the Hector's Dolphin. They are endemic to New Zealand. The only difference between the Hector's and the Maui is the location off of New Zealand where they live. The Maui Dolphin lives off of North Island of New Zealand and the Hector's Dolphin live more off of the South Island of New Zealand. They are the smallest dolphin in the world, measuring about the size of a small child. The Maui/Hector's Dolphin is also the rarest species of dolphinin the world. They are critically endangered because they are victims of bycatching, bottom trawling, and several other risks. There is less than 500 left. If they do become endangered, New Zealand will be the first country to wipe out a whole population of a marine mammal.
What is the maori name for the hector dolphin?
Tutumairekurai is the most common of the Maori names for Hector's dolphin
Is the dolphin on the endangered species list?
it depends on what type of dolphin your talking about the common dolphin is not endangered but the Chinese river dolphin is critically endangered
What is the niche of a hector's dolphin?
The Hector's Dolphin only lives in New Zealand!
Hector's dolphin maori name?
The Māori name for the Hector's dolphin is "tūpoupou."
What types of dolphins are endangered?
Many, many types! That's why we should help them! Bottlenose, pink river, river, orcas, are just a few.
What do maui dolphins look like?
Maui dolphins are subspecies of the Hector's Dolphin. They are endemic to New Zealand. The only difference between the Hector's and the Maui is the location where they live. The Maui Dolphin lives off of North Island of New Zealand and the Hector's Dolphin live more off of the South. They are the smallest dolphin in the world, measuring about the size of a small child. The Maui/Hector's Dolphin is also the rarest species of dolphinin the world. They are critically endangered because they are victims of bycatching, bottom trawling, and several other risks. There is less than 500 left. If they do become endangered, New Zealand will be the first country, to wipe out a whole population of a marine mammal. They are the smallest dolphin in the world. The size of a small child. They are distinguished by their rounded dorsal fin. They are gray with black markings around their dorsal and pectoral fins. They also have several white markings on them.
