Taxonomic Drilldown

At any stage, you can move up or down the Taxonomic hierachy of Antarctic/subantarctic species by clicking on any name. Lower level taxon counts are shown in [].

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Delphinidae

List of all species - see Taxon profile using the number

Genus Cephalorhynchus
Cephalorhynchus commersonii Lacepede, 1804 Commerson's dolphin
Genus Delphinidae
Delphinidae sp. Dolphin sp.
Genus Globicephala
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray,1846 Short-finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melaena (Traill, 1809) Long-finned Pilot Whale Synonym
Globicephala melas Traill,1809 Long-finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala sp. Unknown Pilot Whale
Genus Lagenorhynchus
Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy and Gaimard,1824) Hourglass Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Gill, 1865) Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus obscurus Gray,1828 Dusky Dolphin
Genus Lissodelphis
Lissodelphis peronii (Laciphde,1804) Southern Right Whale Dolphin
Genus Orcinus
Orcinus orca Linnaeus,1758 Killer Whale
Genus Tursiops
Tursiops sp. Bottlenose Dolphin sp.
Tursiops truncatus Montagu,1821 Bottlenose Dolphin