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- Short-beaked Common Dolphin
mammal · Cetacea · Delphinidae
Short-beaked Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 — also called Short-beaked Saddleback Dolphin, Atlantic Dolphin, Black Sea Common Dolphin. Occurrence records of the Short-beaked Common Dolphin are shared on GBIF from around 6 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Table Mountain National Park (9 records), in 2 provinces.
IUCN: Least concernDelphinidae
6reserves with records
26records around them
2provinces
LCIUCN category
Where it is recorded
| Reserve | Province | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain National ParkNational park | WC Western Cape | 9 |
| Garden Route National ParkNational park | WC Western Cape | 7 |
| Jock's BayNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 4 |
| Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park | EC Eastern Cape | 2 |
| Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 2 |
| Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | EC Eastern Cape | 2 |
By province
- Western Cape
- 4 reserves
- Eastern Cape
- 2 reserves
Taxonomy
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Delphinidae
- Scientific name
- Delphinus delphis
- GBIF taxon
- 8324617
More of the Delphinidae family
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.