The taxonomy of the humpback dolphin genus Sousa has been controversial and unsettled
for centuries, but recent work indicates that there are several valid species. A review of …

Abstract Humpback dolphins (Sousa spp.), throughout their distribution ranges, are often
designated as flagship species for coastal ecosystem conservation. Most of the early …

Taxonomy of Australian Mammals utilises the latest morphometric and genetic research to
develop the most up to date and comprehensive revision of the taxonomy of Australian …

Abstract The IUCN Red List designation of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa
chinensis) is re-assessed in light of its newly recognized taxonomic status (it has recently …

The conservation of humpback dolphins, distributed in coastal waters of the Indo‐West
Pacific and eastern Atlantic Oceans, has been hindered by a lack of understanding about …

This study examined the population of Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis,
inhabiting the Great Sandy Strait Marine Park, Queensland, Australia. A total of 106 dolphins …

Uncertainty in marine mammal taxonomy is increasingly being addressed using molecular
genetic data. We examined 32 peer‐reviewed articles published between 1994 and 2011to …

Little is known about the Australian snubfin (Orcaella heinsohni) and Indo-Pacific humpback
(Sousa chinensis) dolphins ('snubfin'and 'humpback dolphins', hereafter) of north-western …

Background Many molecular phylogenetic analyses rely on DNA sequence data obtained
from single or multiple loci, particularly mitochondrial DNA loci. However, phylogenies for …

Cetacean taxonomy continues to be in flux and molecular genetic analyses examining alpha
taxonomy in cetaceans have relied heavily on the mitochondrial DNA control region …