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mammal · Cetacea · Delphinidae

Spinner Dolphin

Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) — also called Long-snouted Dolphin, long-snouted spinner dolphin, Central American Spinner Dolphin. Occurrence records of the Spinner Dolphin are shared on GBIF from around 4 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of Tongaland (8 records).

IUCN: Least concernDelphinidae
4reserves with records
23records around them
1provinces
LCIUCN category
Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal8
Sodwana Bay National ParkNational parkKZN KwaZulu-Natal7
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal4
Kosi BayNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal4

By province

KwaZulu-Natal
4 reserves

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Order
Cetacea
Scientific name
Stenella longirostris
GBIF taxon
5220060
Wikidata
Q649513

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.