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    Māui dolphin, Maui's dolphin, or Popoto (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) is a subspecies of the Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori)—New Zealand's...
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    Island Hector's dolphin; and the critically endangered Māui dolphin (C. h. maui), found off the West Coast of the North Island. Hector's dolphin was named after...
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  • Makeatutara, who baptised Māui incorrectly. As a punishment from the gods for this mishap, Māui and all of humanity were doomed to die. Māui is credited with catching...
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    and 50-kilogram (110-pound) Maui's dolphin to the 9.5 m (31 ft) and 10-tonne (11-short-ton) orca. Various species of dolphins exhibit sexual dimorphism...
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  • of Maui and surrounding islands Maui gas field, New Zealand Te Ika-a-Māui (the fish of Māui), Māori name for the North Island of New Zealand Māui, hero...
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    River dolphins are relatives of the Delphinoidea. Oceanic dolphins range in size from the 1.7-metre-long (5 ft 7 in) and 50-kilogram (110-pound) Maui's dolphin...
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    by-catch) is the accidental capture of non-target cetacean species such as dolphins, porpoises, and whales by fisheries. Bycatch can be caused by entanglement...
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  • Delphinidae (marine dolphins) Genus: Cephalorhynchus Hector's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori EN Maui's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori maui CR Family: Phocoenidae...
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    Cetacea is an infraorder that comprises the 94 species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises. It is divided into toothed whales (Odontoceti) and baleen whales...
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  • folklore and fiction. Berserker (werebear) Erchitu Ijiraq Merpeople Nagual Māui Nanaue (wereshark) - the shark-man of Hawaiian legend Nereus Púca Skin-walker...
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    son, who in turn was named for the demigod Māui. Maui's previous name was ʻIhikapalaumaewa. The Island of Maui is also called the "Valley Isle" for the...
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    "Toxoplasmosis and Hector's and Māui dolphin". Department of Conservation. Retrieved 16 January 2022. Clark-Dow, Emma (18 April 2023). "Dolphin found on Auckland beach...
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  • 2022) 0 51 (as of 27 May 2022) 51 (as of 27 May 2022) Māui dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori maui Critically Endangered N/A 55 55 55 55 Cat Ba langur Trachypithecus...
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    Heaviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) is one of four dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus. The small cetacean is endemic to the Benguela ecosystem...
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    pesticides in Hector's (Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori) and Maui's (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) dolphins". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 60 (6): 834–842. doi:10...
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  • - South Island Hector’s dolphin EN, ssp. maui - Maui's dolphin or North Island Hector’s dolphin CR) Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis DD (ssp...
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    www.mfe.govt.nz. Retrieved 2017-06-09. "David Tong: Ending threats to Maui dolphins would show NZ keeps its promises". Stuff. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-09...
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  • L. Browne, 1985 Wind and Sea, bronze sculpture by Bruce Turnbull, 1992 Dolphin, stainless steel sculpture by Linlee Boulet, Eric T. Sato, Gwen Brush and...
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  • to death. Māui manages to prevent that and insists that Tangaroa give him fire. Māui kills Tangaroa. When his parents are horrified, Māui uses incantations...
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  • Maui's - Songs To Save A Species, Various Artists, Music 4 Mauis, 15 June 2008. The album was released to promote the plight of the endangered Māui dolphin...
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    lanes to protect the whales. Constantine has also worked on Hector's and Māui dolphin threat management plans. In 2016 she co-led an expedition to the Kermadecs...
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    done to raise awareness of the plight of New Zealand's Hector's and Māui dolphins, which are both threatened with extinction due predominantly to over-fishing...
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    reported that Māui dolphins, a critically endangered subspecies of the Hector's dolphin, are at risk of dying from marine litter. Māui dolphins are endemic...
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    to protect its habitat. More recent examples are the Hector's and Maui's dolphins, which are under threat from the fishing industry. The use of 1080...
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    Hollywood movies, The Day of the Dolphin (1973) and Altered States (1980), as well as the videogame series Ecco the Dolphin. Lilly's Maxim In the province...
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  • fisheries on Hector's and Māui dolphins, and use genomics to inform models of the future effects of climate change on whales and dolphins. Alexander completed...
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  • river dolphin). There are 40 extant species named as dolphins. Dolphins range in size from the 1.7 m (5.6 ft) long and 50 kg (110 lb) Maui's dolphin to the...
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    also has two subspecies of endemic cetaceans, Hector's dolphin and its close relative Maui's dolphin. The arrival of humans in New Zealand has presented...
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  • critically endangered species such as Mexican gray wolves and New Zealand's Maui's dolphin. At age 40, Helene left her tech career. In 2007, she married ethnobotanist...
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    striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori), Maui's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus...
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