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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Delphinidae .
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Other species of small whales and dolphins present are the dusky dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus (DD), Peale's dolphin L. australis (DD), Commerson's dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii (DD) and long-finned pilot whale Globycephala melas.
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Numbering around 100, the Mauis dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) is classified as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.
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