IUCN – SSC Cetacean Specialist Group

Taxonomy and Species

IUCN – SSC Cetacean Specialist Group / Taxonomy and Species
21 Apr 2014

There are four (maybe more) separate species of Sousa

By Peter Corkeron (20th April 2014) Dolphins in the genus Sousa, the humpback dolphins, occur in coastal waters of West Africa, around the Indian Ocean, and in SE Asia and Australia. A recent scientific paper starts to clarify the number of species in the genus. Martin...

05 Jul 2011

New Red List Assessments for Two Species of Finless Porpoises

CSG member John Wang and collaborators recently presented strong morphological and molecular evidence for reproductive isolation of two main forms of finless porpoises in sympatry, leading to the conclusion that there are at least two biological species: the Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) and the...