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Sahul dolphin

Sousa sahulensis Jefferson & Rosenbaum, 2014

Status not recordedwhales and dolphins

The sahul dolphin (Sousa sahulensis) is a species in the family Delphinidae, order Cetacea. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the sahul dolphin

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the sahul dolphin live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The sahul dolphin is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the sahul dolphin endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the sahul dolphin classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderCetacea
  5. familyDelphinidae
  6. genusSousa
  7. SpeciesSousa sahulensis Jefferson & Rosenbaum, 2014
Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Australian humpback dolphinEnglish
  • دلفين سنامي أستراليArabic
  • Australischer BuckeldelfinGerman
  • Bufeo SahulianoSpanish
  • Dauphin à bosse de SahulFrench
  • Susa australianaItalian
  • オーストラリアウスイロイルカJapanese
  • AustralpukkeldelfinNorwegian Bokmål
  • Australische BultrugdolfijnDutch
  • Golfinho-corcunda-de-SahulPortuguese
  • Австралийский горбатый дельфинRussian
  • Delfin Jorobado de AustraliaSpanish
  • Dauphin à bosse de l'AustralieFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sahul dolphin

Other species in the same genus Sousa.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the sahul dolphin live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the sahul dolphin for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the sahul dolphin?

The sahul dolphin (Sousa sahulensis) belongs to the family Delphinidae in the order Cetacea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sahul dolphin (Sousa sahulensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sahul-dolphin

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BibTeX
@misc{sahul_dolphin_2026,
  title = {Sahul dolphin (Sousa sahulensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sahul-dolphin},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}