Hourglass dolphin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the hourglass dolphin lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lagenorhynchus cruciger
Group	Whales & dolphins
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Africa, Antarctica, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Delphinidae

Where does the hourglass dolphin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the hourglass dolphin in 5 countries and territories across Africa, Antarctica and South America.

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 hourglass dolphin endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the hourglass dolphin?

The hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Delphinidae, genus Lagenorhynchus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the hourglass dolphin

The hourglass dolphin (Cephalorhynchus cruciger) is a small dolphin in the family Delphinidae that inhabits offshore Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters. It is commonly seen from ships crossing the Drake Passage but has a circumpolar distribution.

The species was identified as a new species by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1824 from a drawing made in the South Pacific in 1820. It is the only cetacean to have been widely accepted as a species solely on witness accounts.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hourglass dolphin (revision 1371764022), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q301018 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).