Extinction
Extinct
Extinct in the
wild
Threatened
Critically
endangered
Endangered
Vulnerable
Threatened
Lower risk
Conservation
dependent
Near
threatened
Least concern
Domesticated
Data deficient
(according to IUCN)
Common dolphins face a mixture of threats due to human influences.
Populations have been hunted off the coast of Peru for use as food and
shark bait. In most other areas the dolphins have not been hunted
directly. Several thousand individuals have been caught in gill nets and
in tuna purse seines. This species of dolphins have been held successfully in captivity in the ’70 and ’80 in several aquaria.
Internationally, the short-beaked common dolphin is listed in the
Appendix II of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) and is considered under ‘least concern’ by
the IUCN (World Conservation Union). In Argentina, this species is
listed in the ‘Red Book’ (SAREM -Argentine Association for the Study of
Mammals) and considered under
‘least concern' and ‘conservation dependent’.
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