Irrawaddy dolphin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Irrawaddy dolphin lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Orcaella brevirostris
Group	Whales & dolphins
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Asia
Mass	12.3 kg (birth weight); 124 kg (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Delphinidae

Where does the Irrawaddy dolphin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Irrawaddy dolphin in 2 countries and territories across Asia. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Indonesia.

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.

How big is an Irrawaddy dolphin?

Wikidata records the following for the Irrawaddy dolphin: mass 12.3 kg (birth weight); 124 kg (adult weight).

Is the Irrawaddy dolphin endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Irrawaddy dolphin?

The Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Delphinidae, genus Orcaella. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Irrawaddy dolphin

The Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) is a euryhaline species of oceanic dolphin found in scattered subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers in parts of the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia. It closely resembles the Australian snubfin dolphin (of the same genus, Orcaella), which was not described as a separate species until 2005. It has a slate blue to a slate gray color. Although found in much of the riverine and marine zones of South and Southeast Asia, the only concentrated lagoon populations are found in Chilika Lake in Odisha, India, and Songkhla Lake in southern Thailand.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Irrawaddy dolphin (revision 1379065836), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q273331 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).