Cephalorhynchus hectori van Beneden 1881

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 727

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scientific name	Cephalorhynchus hectori van Beneden 1881
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Cephalorhynchus hectori van Beneden 1881 , Bull. R. Acad. Belg., ser. 3, 4: 877.

Type Locality: "capturé sur la côte nord-est de la Nouvelle-Zélande." (= New Zealand, north coast).

Vernacular Names: Hector's Dolphin.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Cephalorhynchus hectori subsp. hectori van Beneden 1881

Subspecies Cephalorhynchus hectori subsp. maui Baker, Smith and Pichler 2002

Distribution: New Zealand: coastal waters. Harrison's (1960) reference to the occurrence of this species around Sarawak is undocumented by specimens or photos.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Endangered, except for North Island subpopulation, which is Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Baker, Smith and Pichler (2002) recognized that C. h. maui form a morphologically and genetically recognizable subspecies on the North Isl of New Zealand, while the nominal subspecies was restricted to the South Isl.