The scientific name for a dolphin depends on the species of dolphin. The common bottlenose dolphin is the Tursiops truncatus, and the Indo-Pacific dolphin is the Tursiops aduncus.
A Pink (river) dolphin is another name for the Boto, or Amazon River dolphin. Its scientific name is Inia geoffrensis.
The scientific name is Grampus griseus.
Tursiops truncatus is the scientific name for a bottlenose dolphin.
The scientific name for the Irrawaddy dolphin is Orcaella brevirostris.
Tutumairekurai is the most common of the Maori names for Hector's dolphin
The Māori name for the Hector's dolphin is "tūpoupou."
Hector's dolphin was discovered sometime prior to the year 1881 by James Hector, a Scottish geologist, surgeon, and naturalist. The dolphin was officially named in 1881 by a Belgian zoologist by the name of Pierre-Joseph van Beneden.
yes, sadly the hector's dolphin is endangered. :`(
The Hector's Dolphin only lives in New Zealand!
The Hector's dolphin (named are Sir James Hector) is New Zealand's smallest dolphin. It is the only dolphin endemic to New Zealand. it is also one of the world's smallest dolphins, growing to about 1.2 metres in length.
by a net
Papahu means dolphin or porpoise (a transliteration of the English 'porpoise'). Terehu is the Maori name for the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Tupoupou is the Maori name for the Hector's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori). Maki is the Maori name for the Orca or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca). Aihe is the Maori name for the Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis).
Maui/Hector's Dolphin
Dusky Dolphins, Hector's Dolphins, Maui's Dolphins, Bottlenose Dolphins, Common Dolphin, Pantropical Spotted Dolphin.
Male Hector's dolphins live for an average of 25 years and females an average of 45 years in the wild. The record age was an 87 year old female Hector's dolphin.
o. They are going to kill the dolphin and then eat it.