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Cascadia Research Collective researchers have no doubt: they face the first known hybrid result of crossing these species, in this case a whale Peponocephala electra and a dolphin Steno bredanensis
The mammal was spotted last year near Hawaii, but it is only now that genetic analyzes have confirmed that it is really the result of the crossing of a rough-faced dolphin with a whale-bowler head.
Although this crossing may seem odd, it is not so much considering the fact that this species of whale technically belongs to the family of oceanic dolphins, which still includes killer whales and two species of pilot whales. 19659004] In August of last year, researchers began by surprising the appearance of the male animal, which is believed to be close to adulthood, with the characteristics of the two species.
Robin Bair d, the marine biologist who led the expedition, explains that to talk about a new species, a more general hybridization would be needed: "Call it something like a whale n "Makes no sense."
The term was first used in 1985, applied to a false-orca hybrid and captive-bred Atlantic dolphin at Sea Life Park in Hawaii, where it still lives.
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