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Lagenorhynchus albirostris (White-beaked Dolphin)

Synonyms: Delphinus albirostris; Delphinus ibseni; Delphinus pseudotursio
Language: French

Wikipedia Abstract

The White-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a marine mammal belonging to the family Delphinidae (dolphins) in the suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales).
View Wikipedia Record: Lagenorhynchus albirostris

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
21
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.44
EDGE Score: 2.13
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  396.83 lbs (180.00 kg)
Diet [2]  Carnivore

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast 160731 England/Scotland, United Kingdom  
Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy 39057 England/Wales, United Kingdom
East Caithness Cliffs 1094 Scotland, United Kingdom
Humber Estuary 90582 England, United Kingdom
Isles of Scilly Complex 66350 England, United Kingdom    
Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve 174283 Murmansk, Karelia, Russia
Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru 3940 Wales, United Kingdom  
Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve II 20461 Quebec, Canada
North Northumberland Dunes 2836 England, United Kingdom  
Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone 84204 England, United Kingdom  
Terra Nova National Park IV 125894 Newfoundland, Canada
Waddensea of Schleswig-Holstein Biosphere Reserve 724639 Germany
Waddenzee 672193 Netherlands    

Prey / Diet

Clupea harengus (Yawling)[3]
Eledone cirrhosa (Curled octopus)[3]
Gadus morhua (rock cod)[3]
Hippoglossoides platessoides (American dab)[3]
Mallotus villosus (Capelin)[4]
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Smokie)[3]
Merlangius merlangus (Whiting)[3]
Raniceps raninus (Trifurcated hake)[3]
Trachurus trachurus (Scad)[3]
Trisopterus capelanus (Poor cod)[3]
Trisopterus esmarkii (Norway pout)[3]
Trisopterus luscus (Whiting-pout)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Alca torda (Razorbill)1
Amblyraja radiata (Starry ray)6
Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke Whale)6
Balaenoptera borealis (Sei Whale)1
Balaenoptera physalus (Fin Whale)1
Cepphus grylle (Black Guillemot)1
Cystophora cristata (Hooded Seal)3
Delphinapterus leucas (Beluga)1
Dipturus batis (Blue skate)3
Fratercula arctica (Atlantic Puffin)1
Fulmarus glacialis (Northern Fulmar)1
Gadus morhua (rock cod)2
Globicephala melas (Long-finned Pilot Whale)2
Grampus griseus (Risso's Dolphin)1
Halichoerus grypus (Gray Seal)3
Hydrobates pelagicus (European Storm-Petrel)1
Lagenorhynchus acutus (Atlantic White-sided Dolphin)2
Larus argentatus (Herring Gull)3
Larus canus (Mew Gull)1
Larus marinus (Great Black-backed Gull)1
Lophius piscatorius (Monkfish)1
Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale)1
Morus bassanus (Northern Gannet)2
Orcinus orca (Killer Whale)1
Pagophilus groenlandicus (Harp Seal)4
Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Shag)1
Phalacrocorax auritus (Double-crested Cormorant)1
Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant)3
Phoca vitulina (Harbor Seal)4
Phocoena phocoena (Harbor Porpoise)4
Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm Whale)1
Pollachius virens (Sillock)1
Pseudorca crassidens (False Killer Whale)1
Pusa hispida (Ringed Seal)1
Raja clavata (Roker)3
Raja montagui (Homelyn ray)1
Rissa tridactyla (Black-legged Kittiwake)1
Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)1
Stercorarius parasiticus (Parasitic Jaeger)1
Uranoscopus scaber (Stargazer)1
Uria aalge (Common Murre)6
Uria lomvia (Thick-billed Murre)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Anisakis simplex[5]
Contracaecum osculatum[5]
Halocercus lagenorhynchi <Unverified Name>[5]
Pholeter gastrophilus[5]
Plicobothrium globicephalae[5]

Range Map

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Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Western Atlantic Ocean;

External References

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Citations

Species recognized by Gardner A.L, 05-Dec-2008, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Felisa A. Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Kate E. Jones, Dawn M. Kaufman, Tamar Dayan, Pablo A. Marquet, James H. Brown, and John P. Haskell. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84:3403 ♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 3Seasonal distribution of white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) in UK waters with new information on diet and habitat use, Sarah J. Canning, M. Begoña Santos, Robert J. Reid, Peter G.H. Evans, Richard C. Sabin, Nick Bailey and Graham J. Pierce, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2008, 88(6), 1159–1166 ♦ 4The role of capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the foodweb of the Barents Sea, A. V. Dolgov, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 59: 1034–1045. 2002 ♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Protected Areas provided by GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility ♦ Specially protected natural territories of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation ♦ Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators. ♦ Natura 2000, UK data: © Crown copyright and database right [2010] All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100017955
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EDGE analysis provided by EDGE of Existence programme, Zoological Society of London
Range map provided by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Conservation International & NatureServe.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access