Image of Hector's dolphin
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Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) is the best-known of the four dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus and is found only in New Zealand. At about 1.4 m in length, it is one of the smallest cetaceans. Hectors dolphin is the smallest of the delphinids.
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