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Where does the Commerson's dolphin live?

Cephalorhynchus commersonii has 2,025 records in 9 countries and territories, from 1767 to 2026. Most records come from Argentina.

Commerson's dolphin
Commerson's dolphin — Photo: Sebastián Saiter V. · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaCetaceaDelphinidaeCephalorhynchus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

17672026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Argentina 703
French Southern Territories 695
Chile 446
Falkland Islands 165
Australia 4
South Georgia 2
Brazil 1
Saint Helena 1
South Africa 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.