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. 2015 Jan 30;5:8147. doi: 10.1038/srep08147

Table 3. Reported population sizes of humpback dolphins in the genus Sousa around the world.

Species Location Time Population size1) Reference
Sousa teuszii Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania 1997–2006 <100 40
  Saloum Delta, Senegal 1997–2006 Low hundreds 40
  Canal do Gêba and Bijagos Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau 1997–2006 Several hundred 40
Sousa plumbea Algoa Bay, South Africa 1991–1994 466 13
  Richards Bay, South Africa 1998 74 41
  Maputo Bay, Mozambique 1995–1997 105 42
  Bazaruto Bay, Mozambique 1990s 60 43
  Anakao, Madagascar 1999 65 44
  South coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania 1999–2002 63 45
  Shimoni Archipelago, Kenya 2006 104 46
  Saudi–Bahrain–Qatar 1986 (16 groups) 47
  United Arab Emirates 1986 (13 groups) 47
  United Arab Emirates 1999 (2 groups) 47
  Arabian Sea coast of Oman   (Groups of 30 individuals or more) 48
  Jubail, Saudi Arabia 1991–1993 (50 groups, 1–15 individuals) 49
  Indus Delta, Pakistan 2005–2009 Low hundreds 50
  Gulf of Kachchh Marine Protected Area, Gujarat, India 2002 21 51
  Goa, India 2002 135 51
Sousa chinensis Between the Sundarbans mangrove forest and the Swatch-of-No Ground submarine canyon, Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh 2010–2011 191 52
  Khanom, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand 2008–2009 49 53
  Xiamen 2004–2008 76 54
  Central west coast of Taiwan 2002–2004 99 55
  Pearl River Estuary 2005–2008 2517–2555 14
  Zhanjiang 2005–2012 1485 This study
  Beibu Gulf 2003–2004 153 54
Sousa spp.2) Moreton Bay, Queensland 1984–1987 119–163 56
  Great Sandy Strait, Queensland 2004–2007 150 11
  Capricorn-Curtis coast, Queensland 2007–2011 Approximately 150 57
  Cleveland Bay, Queensland 2001–2002 <100 34
  North West Cape, Western Australia 2010 53 identified individuals 58

1)Number of groups and group size in parentheses,

2)The Australian humpback dolphins are an as-yet-unnamed species of Sousa12.