Wholphin
Wholphin | |
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Kawili Kai, born to a female wholphin by a male dolphin, at 9 months of age in September 2005 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Superfamily: | Delphinoidea |
Family: | Delphinidae |
Hybrid: | Tursiops truncatus × Pseudorca crassidens |
A wholphin (
Examples
The first recorded wholphin was born in a Tokyo SeaWorld in 1981; he died after 200 days.[3]
The first wholphin in the United States and the first to survive was Kekaimalu, born at
Family tree
Tanui Hahai (false killer whale) ♂ | Punahele (bottlenose dolphin) ♀ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unknown dolphin ♂ | Kekaimalu (wholphin) ♀ | bottlenose dolphin ♂ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unnamed calf | Pohaikealoha ♀ | Kawili Kai ♀ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "First ever 'wholphin' hybrid spotted in wild". Sky News. July 31, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ "Whale-dolphin hybrid has baby wholphin". NBC News. April 15, 2005.
- ^ a b West, Karen (May 18, 1986). "A Whale? A Dolphin? Yes, It's A Wholphin". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
Born at Sea Life Park on May 15, 1985, Keikaimalu was referred to as a wholphin by Sea Life Park's training staff.
- New York Times. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
The first captive wholphin, Kekaimalu, was born on May 15, 1985, to a female bottlenose dolphin named Punahele, who shared a pool with a male false killer whale named Tanui Hahai. The wholphin's size, color and shape are intermediate between the parent species. She has 66 teeth – intermediate between a bottlenose (88 teeth) and false killer whale (44 teeth)
- ^ "Ditching SUVs and Breeding Beefalos". E Magazine. 17 (1): 64. January–February 2006. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
- ^ "Animal profiles: Dolphins & whales". Sea Life Park Hawaii. December 24, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
External links
- Waimanalo Hapa Girl Makes 10! at Internet Archive, by Keene Rees