#frasers dolphin

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Daily whale doodle (Day 31): Fraser's Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) 💙/🔁 are welcomed & appreciated!

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🐬 Daily Cetacean Fact: 🐬

Fraser's Dolphin: In 1895, Charles E. Hose found a skull on a beach in Sarawak, Borneo. He donated it to the British Museum. The skull remained unstudied until 1956 when Francis Fraser examined it and concluded that it was similar to other species of dolphins, but not the same. A new genus was created then. The specific name is given in Hose's honour. It wasn't until 1971 that the whole body of a Fraser's dolphin, as it was by then becoming known, was discovered.