種 駝背海豚是駝海豚屬(学名:Sousa)的海豚。牠們的特徵是其明顯的駝及較長的背鰭。牠們在近西非的海岸及由南美洲至澳洲的印度洋海岸出沒。
分類
駝海豚屬的分類很複雜及版受質疑。直至目前共有5個建議的物種:
截至2000年代中,大部份學者都只接受兩個物種,即大西洋駝背豚及中華白海豚。[1][2][3]後來有指中華白海豚應分為兩個物種,即蘇門塔臘及印尼的[4],但是似乎並沒有足夠理據。另外亦有意見指牠們其實是同一但變異的物種,以中華白海豚的學名為優先。[5]
參考
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^ Folkens, Pieter Arend; Reeves, Randall R.; Stewart, Brent S.; Clapham, Phillip J.; Powell, James A. and National Audubon Society. National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. Random House Inc. 2002. ISBN 0375411410.
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^ Mann, Connor, Tyack and Whitehead. Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Whales and Dolphins. University Of Chicago Press. 2000. ISBN 0226503402.
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^ Mark Carwardine. Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises. Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd. 1995. ISBN 0751327816.
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^ Land Mammals of the World. Systematics and Distribution, Dale W. Rice (2000). Published by the Society of Marine Mammalogy as Special Publication No. 4
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^ Graham J. B. Ross. Humpback Dolphins. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. 1998: 585–589. ISBN 0-12-551340-2.