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Saturday, May 25, 2013 | 4:51 a.m.

Scientists Seek Data on Rare "Data-Deficient" Snubfin Dolphin

The snubfin dolphin is a mystery to science. It inhabits the warm waters of northern Australia but little else is known about the animal. It was described as a new species only eight years ago. "Previously it was thought to be the Irrawaddy dolphin which is a species that occurs in Asia so we just recently discovered it, and it's actually endemic to Australia, it's found no where else in the world."
 
 
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