Indo-Pacific Hump-Backed Dolphin
By: M.M.
Description
- Scientific name is Sousa Chinensis
- Humped Back
- Males are up to 3.2 meters in length
- Females are up to 2.5 meters in length
- Adults weigh up to 626lbs
Food Chain and Habitat
- They eat Earnestine, Reef Fish, Mollusks, and Consecrations
- Hunt as a group
- Live in the Indian and Pacific Oceans
- Temperature is around 15-36 degrees celsius
Adaptation
- Normally swim in groups of <10
- 29-38 peg-like teeth in the upper and lower jaws
- Have been known to chase off or even kill sharks
- They breed year round
Reasons For Endangerment & Critical Information
- Mangrove degradation due to coastal development
- Entanglement in fishing gear
- Caught in anti-shark gillnets
Works Cited
http://earthsendangered.com/profile.asp?gr=M&sp=13061
"Indo-Pacific Hump-Backed Dolphins, Sousa Chinensis." MarineBio, 1/14/2013. Web.
19 May 2013.
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=408
"Sousa chinensis." The ICUN List of Threatened Species, Web. 2012. 19 May. 2013