Indian Ocean humpback dolphin

Sousa plumbea (G.Cuvier, 1829) — also called Indian humpback dolphin, Humpback Dolphin, freckled dolphin. Occurrence records of the Indian Ocean humpback dolphin are shared on GBIF from around 7 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Garden Route National Park (170 records).

IUCN: EndangeredDelphinidae

7reserves with records

214records around them

1provinces

ENIUCN category

Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) — Photo: Mandy · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	170
Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	32
Goukamma Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Goukamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	3
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Jukani Predator ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	2

By province

Western Cape: 7 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Scientific name: Sousa plumbea
GBIF taxon: 2440506
Wikidata: Q3017051

More of the Delphinidae family

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Bottlenose Dolphin Haviside's 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.