Orcaella brevirostris Owen in Gray 1866
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Orcaella brevirostris Owen in Gray 1866
Orcaella brevirostris Owen in Gray 1866 , Cat. Seals Whales Brit. Mus.: 285.
Type Locality: "Inhab. East coast of India, the harbour of Vizagapatam" (= Vishakhapatnam Harbor, in Bay of Bengal).
Vernacular Names: Irrawady Dolphin.
Synonyms: Orcaella fluminalis Gray 1871 .
Distribution: SE Asia, N Australia and Papua New Guinea: tropical coastal waters and large rivers.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient, except for Mahakam subpopulation, which is Critically Endangered.
Discussion: Reviewed by Marsh et al. (1989). See Rice (1998:120) for details on species citation.
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