Haviside's Dolphin

Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Gray, 1828) — also called Benguela Dolphin, Heaviside's Dolphin, South African Dolphin. Occurrence records of the Haviside's Dolphin are shared on GBIF from around 9 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Table Mountain National Park (7 records).

IUCN: Near threatenedDelphinidae

9reserves with records

28records around them

1provinces

NTIUCN category

Haviside's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) — Photo: Jutta Luft · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	7
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	4
Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	3
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	2
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	2
Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	2
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	2

By province

Western Cape: 9 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Scientific name: Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
GBIF taxon: 5220041
Wikidata: Q301048

More of the Delphinidae family

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Bottlenose Dolphin Indian Ocean humpback dolphin Short-beaked Common Dolphin Spinner Dolphin

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.