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Status Review Report of the Taiwanese Humpback Dolphin Sousa chinensis taiwanensis
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2018
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Description:Taiwanese humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis taiwanensis), a subspecies of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis), as either threatened or endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA). Under the ESA, if a petition is found to present substantial scientific or commercial information that the petitioned action may be warranted, a status review shall be promptly commenced (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). NMFS determined the petition presented substantial information for consideration and that a status review was warranted for the subspecies (see following link for the Federal Register notices for the Taiwanese humpback dolphin: https://federalregister.gov/a/2016-11014). Thus, this document is a status review of the Taiwanese humpback dolphin. The ESA stipulates that listing determinations should be based on the best scientific and commercial information available. NMFS appointed an employee in the Office of Protected Resources Endangered Species Conservation Division to undertake the scientific review of the biology, population status and trends, threats, and future outlook for the species. Using this scientific review, NMFS then conducted an extinction risk analysis for the Taiwanese humpback dolphin.
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