Profile:
Scientific Name: Cephalorhynchus Hectori Maui
Actual Name: Maui’s Dolphin
Estimated Population: 55
Species Threat Level: Critically Endangered
Scientific Name: Cephalorhynchus Hectori Maui
Actual Name: Maui’s Dolphin
Estimated Population: 55
Species Threat Level: Critically Endangered
Facts and Figures
- World’s rarest Dolphin.
- Only fifty-five Maui’s Dolphins remain in the world
- World’s smallest Dolphin.
- Maui’s and Hector’s Dolphins look identical although they are physically and genetically different.
- Maui Dolphin use echolocation to hunt.
- Maui Dolphins live for up to twenty years.
- They produce one calf every two to four years.
- Maui Dolphins are one of the two species of Dolphins two have a rounded black dorsal fin.
- Maui Dolphins communicate with clicks.
- The Maui Dolphin population may only be able to grow by 2% a year.
- Maui's Dolphins only live in New Zealand
- World’s rarest Dolphin.
- Only fifty-five Maui’s Dolphins remain in the world
- World’s smallest Dolphin.
- Maui’s and Hector’s Dolphins look identical although they are physically and genetically different.
- Maui Dolphin use echolocation to hunt.
- Maui Dolphins live for up to twenty years.
- They produce one calf every two to four years.
- Maui Dolphins are one of the two species of Dolphins two have a rounded black dorsal fin.
- Maui Dolphins communicate with clicks.
- The Maui Dolphin population may only be able to grow by 2% a year.
- Maui's Dolphins only live in New Zealand