Hector's dolphin
cephalorhynchus hectori latin

Their choice may have made the difference between survival and extinction for Hector's dolphin.

The controversy created by the research suddenly put Hector's dolphin firmly in the public eye.

Hector's dolphins stay close to shore to avoid sharks.

Hector's dolphins find their food close to shore, generally in groups of two to eight dolphins.

Hector's dolphins swim into the nets, get caught, and subsequently drown.

These life-history characteristics mean that Hector's dolphins, like many other small cetaceans, have a low potential for population growth.

They are a sub-species of the Hector's dolphin.

Hector's dolphin is the smallest of the dolphins.

Hector's dolphins are endemic to the coastal regions of New Zealand.

Caught and stranded Hector's dolphins have provided information on their life history and reproductive parameters.

The discovery of the plight of Hector's dolphin in 1986 was a fateful coincidence.

Previously they had been known as the North Island Hector's Dolphin.

Hector's dolphins are believed to be generalist feeders, with prey selection based on size rather than species.

Conservation management for Hector's dolphin has focussed on reducing gillnet bycatch.

In 2002 Maui's dolphins were classified as a sub-species of Hector's dolphin.

It is not known how Toxoplasmosis spread to Maui's and Hector's dolphins.

Natural predators of Hector's dolphins include sharks and probably killer whales (orca) .

Hector's dolphins face a range of other impacts, including trawl bycatch, tourism, pollution and habitat modification.

Slooten's work showed that female Hector's dolphins begin breeding between 7 and 9 years of age, and rarely live longer than 18 years.

The Hector's Dolphin is the world's smallest oceanic dolphin.

Until recently, little was known about the tiny and endearing Hector's dolphin, found only in the coastal waters of New Zealand.

We stayed in a boutique studio and in the evening sat on the deck watching Hector's dolphins playing just yards away in the waves.

One of my first priorities in Akaroa was to go on a swimming expedition to see the rare and diminutive Hector's dolphin.

Seals, Hector's dolphins and kea (New Zealand parrots) are abundant.

Bycatch in the bottom-set gillnets has been responsible for the majority of human-induced mortality of Hector's dolphins.