Australian Humpback Dolphin Is A New Species

Humpback dolphin swimming in the waters off northern Australia are a new species   previously unknown to science, according to a team of researchers  To determine the number of distinct species in the family of humpback dolphins (animals named for a peculiar hump just below the dorsal fin), the research team examined the evolutionary history of this family of marine mammals using both physical features and genetic data.  While the Atlantic humpback dolphin is a recognized species, this work provides the best evidence to date to split the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin into three species, one of which is completely new to science. read more

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