Lagenorhynchus albirostris

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Lagenorhynchus albirostris, commonly known as the white-beaked dolphin, is a robust, social marine dolphin found in cold and temperate waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lagenorhynchus albirostris canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marine mammal ⓘ
species of dolphin ⓘ
behavior often bow-rides ships ⓘ
binomialName Lagenorhynchus albirostris ⓘ
bodyLength up to about 3.1 metres ⓘ
bodyMass up to about 350 kilograms ⓘ
calvingInterval every 2 to 3 years ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
coloration dark grey to black back ⓘ
light grey flanks ⓘ
white beak ⓘ
commonName white-beaked dolphin ⓘ
conservationMeasures protected under various regional agreements in the North Atlantic ⓘ
describedBy Johann Reinhold Forster ⓘ
diet crustaceans ⓘ
fish ⓘ
squid ⓘ
distribution Barents Sea ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
waters around Greenland ⓘ
waters around Iceland ⓘ
western North Atlantic off North America ⓘ
dorsalFin tall falcate dorsal fin ⓘ
echolocation uses high-frequency clicks ⓘ
family Delphinidae ⓘ
feedingBehavior pursuit predator ⓘ
genus Lagenorhynchus ⓘ
gestationPeriod about 11 months ⓘ
groupSize typically 5 to 50 individuals ⓘ
habitat cold temperate waters ⓘ
continental shelf waters ⓘ
marine ⓘ
IUCNStatus Least Concern ⓘ
IUCNStatusSystem IUCN Red List ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
maximumLongevity at least 30 years ⓘ
ocean North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: North Atlantic
order Cetacea ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction viviparous ⓘ
snoutType short beak ⓘ
socialBehavior highly social ⓘ
swimmingBehavior fast swimmer ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threats bycatch in fisheries ⓘ
noise disturbance ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
yearDescribed 1770 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lagenorhynchus → hasSpecies → Lagenorhynchus albirostris ⓘ
Delphinidae → includesTaxon → Lagenorhynchus albirostris ⓘ
Lagenorhynchus albirostris → binomialName → Lagenorhynchus albirostris ⓘ