Description
English: Hourglass Dolphins in Drake Passage
Deutsch: Stundenglasdelfine in der Drake Passage
Date 27 January 2010
Author Lomvi2
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hourglas_dolphin.jpg

The hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger) is a small dolphin in the family Delphinidae that inhabits Antarctic and subantarctic waters. Though it is traditionally placed in the genus Lagenorhynchus, recent molecular analyses indicate that the hourglass dolphin is actually more closely related to the dolphins of the genus Cephalorhynchus. Order: Artiodactyla, Infraorder: Cetacea, Family: Delphinidae, Genus: Lagenorhynchus, Species: Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)