sousa chinensis
Citation
zhang S, Zhou J (2025). sousa chinensis. Version 1.5. China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yquv3g accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-16.Description
On March 21, 2021, volunteers found the body of a Chinese white dolphin in the waters of Xijiang River in Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province. It is called the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, a species of humpback dolphin inhabiting coastal waters of the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans. At birth, the dolphins are black. They change to grey, then pinkish with spots when young. Adults are grey, white, or pink. They come to the water surface to breathe for 20 to 30 seconds before diving deep again, for two to eight minutes.
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Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province
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siyuan zhangoriginator
position: director
China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation
Jinfeng Zhou
metadata author
position: Secretary general
China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation
email: v23@cbcgdf.org
Jinfeng Zhou
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email: v23@cbcgdf.org
siyuan zhang
administrative point of contact
position: director
China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation