Distribution:

There are two populations (both in the southern hemisphere) separated by 130° of longitude, or 8.500km. The larger population is found inshore in various bays in Patagonia (Argentina), in the Strait of Magellan and near the Falkland Islands. The second population lives near the Kerguelen Islands.

They prefer shallow waters and are found in cold inshore waters in open coasts, sheltered fjords, bays, harbours, river mouths and they occasionally enter rivers.

En Argentina, Commerson’s dolphins are seen regularly in the estuary of the Negro river, the mouth of the river Chubut, the port of Comodoro Rivadavia, Puerto Deseado, Rio Gallegos and San Julian.

Global populations are unknown, but the species is accepted to be locally common. A survey estimated 3.200 individuals in the Strait of Magellan.

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