Commerson's dolphin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Commerson's dolphin lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cephalorhynchus commersonii
Group	Whales & dolphins
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	Africa, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Delphinidae

Where does the Commerson's dolphin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Commerson's dolphin in 4 countries and territories across Africa and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Commerson's dolphin endangered?

The Commerson's dolphin’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Commerson's dolphin?

The Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Delphinidae, genus Cephalorhynchus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Commerson's dolphin

Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) is also referred to by the common names jacobita, skunk dolphin, piebald dolphin, panda dolphin, or tonina overa (in South America). It is a small oceanic dolphin of the genus Cephalorhynchus. Commerson's dolphin has two geographically isolated but locally common subspecies. The principal subspecies, C.c.commersonii, has sharply-delineated black-and-white patterning and is found around the tip of South America. The secondary subspecies, C.c.kerguelenensis, is larger than C.c.commersonii, has a less-sharply delineated dark and light grey patterning with a white ventral band, and is found around the Kerguelen Islands in the Indian Ocean.

The dolphin is named after French naturalist Dr. Philibert Commerson, who first described them in 1767 after sighting them in the Strait of Magellan.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Commerson's dolphin (revision 1368373758), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q724354 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).