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Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori)

Hector's dolphin
(Cephalorhynchus hectori)
Photo: Mridula Srinivasan, NOAA

Status

ESA Proposed Endangered - Maui's dolphin subspecies (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui)
ESA Proposed Threatened - South Island Hector's dolphin subspecies (C. hectori hectori)

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Cephalorhynchus
Species: hectori

Key Documents

(All documents are in PDF format.)

Title	Federal Register	Date
Proposed Rule to list Maui's dolphin as endangered and South Island Hector's dolphin as threatened under the ESA	81 FR 64110	09/19/2016
Status Review of Hector's Dolphin		08/2016
90-Day Finding on a Petition to List Multiple Species and Subpopulations of Marine Mammals under the ESA References for 90-day finding Petition to list under the ESA from WildEarth Guardians	79 FR 9880	02/21/2014

Title

Federal Register

Date

Proposed Rule to list Maui's dolphin as endangered and South Island Hector's dolphin as threatened under the ESA

81 FR 64110

09/19/2016

Status Review of Hector's Dolphin

08/2016

90-Day Finding on a Petition to List Multiple Species and Subpopulations of Marine Mammals under the ESA